Wildenburg Castle

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The Wildenburg lies in the North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel Mountains in the national park district of Hellenthal in the German county of Euskirchen. ()

Local name: Burg Wildenburg Coordinates: 50°27'44"N, 6°29'38"E

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Wildenburg 1Hellenthal , Eifel 53940 North Rhine-WestphaliaGermany

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Wildenburg Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kloster Steinfeld, Weißer Stein, Eifel Aqueduct, Heidenköpfe.

4.2 miNE
Church
Kloster Steinfeld
108 min walk • Nestled in the serene landscapes of the Eifel region in Germany, Kloster Steinfeld is a historic church that has stood as a beacon of spiritual and architectural significance for centuries. Originally founded in the 12th century, this former monastery has a storied...
6.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Weißer Stein
166 min walk • The Weißer Stein is located in the forest of Mürringen, a hamlet of the Büllingen municipality in East Belgium. It is the highest point of this village and the second-highest point of Belgium. It also lies on the border with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
6.2 miNE
Archaeological site
Eifel Aqueduct
159 min walk • The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. The aqueduct, constructed in AD 80, carried water some 95 kilometres from the hilly Eifel region of what is now Germany to the ancient city of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.
6.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Heidenköpfe
173 min walk • The Heidenköpfe are a group of three summits near Dahlem in Germany that are about 595 m above sea level. They lie within the mountain region of North Eifel in the counties of Euskirchen and Vulkaneifel in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
3.9 miNW
Zoo, Aquarium
Wildfreigehege Hellenthal, Hellenthal
99 min walk • The Hellenthal Game Reserve with the Hellenthal Bird of Prey Station incorporated into the game reserve is a 65-hectare zoo south of the Eifel National Park, in Hellenthal.
6.3 miNW
Protected moorlands with rare flora
High Fens – Eifel Nature Park
161 min walk • The German-Belgian High Fens – Eifel Nature Park, often called the North Eifel Nature Park, is a cross-border nature park with elements in the German federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the Belgian province of Liège. It has a total area of 2,485 km2.
1.6 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Burg Reifferscheid, Hellenthal
41 min walk • The ruins of Reifferscheid Castle stand at a height of 450 metres above sea level near the German-Belgian border between the mountains of the Eifel and the Ardennes in the municipality of Hellenthal.
6.2 miNW
Mountain
Eigart, Schleiden
160 min walk • The Eigart is a hill located in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia at 565.5 m above sea level, in the North Eifel. The Eigart is situated in the High Fens-Eifel Nature Park a little east of the Eifel National Park. It lies west of the village of Berescheid in the borough of Schleiden.
6 miNE
Locality
Kall
153 min walk • Kall is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approximatively 20 km south-west of Euskirchen.