Genovevaburg, Mayen

Name: Genovevaburg
Address: Mayen, Germany

#1 among attractions in Mayen

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Gothic architecture

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Genovevaburg is a castle standing on the southwestern side of Mayen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle is the symbol of Mayen and has been rebuilt several times since first being destroyed in 1689. Its name comes from a legend, according to which the seats of counts palatine, Siegfried and his wife, Genevieve of Brabant, were supposed to be on the same hill in Mayen. The earliest references linking the legend to this region date to the 17th century. Since when the castle and its bergfried, the so-called Golo Tower, have been linked to the legend is unknown. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°19'37"N, 7°13'15"E

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Genovevaburg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maria Laach Abbey, Hochsimmer, Lava-Dome, Goose Neck Tower.

5.5 miN
Benedictine abbey with medieval murals
Maria Laach Abbey, Glees
141 min walk • Maria Laach Abbey is a Benedictine abbey situated on the southwestern shore of the Laacher See, near Andernach, in the Eifel region of the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It is a member of the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.
2.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochsimmer
64 min walk • The Hochsimmer is a volcanic cone, 587.9 m above sea level, in the Eifel Mountains in Germany. It rises near Ettringen in the Rhineland-Palatine county of Mayen-Koblenz. At the summit is an observation tower, the Hochsimmer Tower.
4.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Lava-Dome, Mendig
111 min walk • The Lava Dome - German Volcano Museum Mendig is a museum in Mendig, which opened on July 30, 2005 and presents volcanism in the region around the Laacher See volcano. The museum is one of the central facilities of the Volcano Park, which covers the...
4.9 miN
Tower
Goose Neck Tower
125 min walk • Goose Neck Tower is an 87-metre concrete radio tower near Bell and Mendig in Western Germany. Built in 1976, it serves as an internal radio relay link for German electric and natural gas public utility company RWE.
3.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochstein
79 min walk • The Hochstein is a volcanic cone, 563 m above sea level, in the Eifel near Obermendig in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and county of Mayen-Koblenz.
3.3 miSW
Church
Pfarrkirche Heiligste Dreifaltigkeit, Monreal
85 min walk • The Holy Trinity Roman Catholic parish church in Monreal, a local community in the Mayen-Koblenz district of Rhineland-Palatinate, is built in the Gothic style and has numerous original furnishings.
3.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Löwenburg, Monreal
83 min walk • On a hill spur above the Eifel village of Monreal in Germany's Elzbach valley, at a height of 350 m above sea level, stand two neighbouring ruined hill castles: the Löwenburg, also called Monreal Castle, and the Philippsburg. The latter is also known locally as das Rech.
2.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Schloss Bürresheim, Mayen
66 min walk • Bürresheim Castle is a medieval castle northwest of Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is built on rock in the Eifel mountains above the Nette. Bürresheim Castle, Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles on the left bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate which have never been destroyed.
4.8 miS
Watermill
Kolliger Mühle
123 min walk • The Kolliger Mühle is a watermill in Kollig, in the German Eifel region, 30 km. west of Koblenz and 13 k. from the river Moselle. The water wheel of the Kolliger Mühle is driven by the water of a small river, the Elzbach, also called the Elz. It is one of a great number of watermills in the Eifel region.
3.9 miNE
Church
St. Cyriakus, Mendig
100 min walk • The old parish church of St. Cyriakus in Niedermendig, a district of Mendig, in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, is a Romanesque church from the 12th century.
3.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Philipsburg, Monreal
84 min walk • On a hill spur above the Eifel village of Monreal in Germany's Elzbach valley, at a height of 350 m above sea level, stand two neighbouring ruined hill castles: the Löwenburg, also called Monreal Castle, and the Philippsburg. The latter is also known locally as das Rech.

Genovevaburg, Mayen

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Genovevaburg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)