Ehrenfels Castle (Hesse)

Ehrenfels Castle (German: Burg Ehrenfels) is a ruined hillside castle above the Rhine Gorge near the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the steep eastern bank of the river amid extended vineyards. The grape variety Ehrenfelser is named after the castle.

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Ehrenfels Castle (Hesse) ranks #2,849 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #211 of the 349 mapped in Germany. Founded 1212, it is older than 79% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 478 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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