Tomburg Castle

The Tomburg is a castle ruin near Wormersdorf, a village in the municipality of Rheinbach near the German city of Bonn. It is located in a small nature reserve that contains a number of rare plant species, on the 316 m above sea level (NN) high Tomberg hill. The Tomberg is a relic of the Tertiary. Liquid lava rose up in a volcano; erosion has since removed the outer layers and left a basalt dome.

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Tomburg Castle ranks #4,811 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #341 of the 349 mapped in Germany. Founded 900, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 29 atlas entries founded in the 9th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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