Germany
Spangenberg Castle (German: Burg Spangenberg) is the partially rebuilt ruin of a rock castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein valley near the village of Erfenstein, but is actually on the forest estates belong to the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, or more precisely, the village of Lachen-Speyerdorf. Together with the neighbouring castle of Erfenstein, it is linked to the legend of the Leather Bridge.
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Spangenberg Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate) ranks #7,259 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #651 of the 711 mapped in Germany. 18 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaiserslautern, 21 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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