Ruin
Virneburg Castle
🇩🇪 Germany
Virneburg Castle (German: Burgruine Virneburg) is a ruined hill castle on a slate hill, 430 m above sea level (NHN), around which the Nitzbach stream flows. It stands above the village of Virneburg in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Virneburg Castle ranks #312 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #59 of the 450 mapped in Germany. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Virneburg Castle?
Virneburg Castle stands in Germany, at 50.3431°, 7.07888°.
How famous is Virneburg Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #312 of 6,412 worldwide, and #59 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Virneburg Castle?
Bürresheim Castle, about 7 km away.
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