Burg Hohenfels | |
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Imsbach | |
Coordinates | 49°36′06″N 7°53′35″E / 49.601795°N 7.892986°E |
Type | hill castle |
Code | DE-RP |
Height | 545 m above sea level (NHN) |
Site information | |
Condition | Mauerreste |
Site history | |
Built | c. 1200 |
Materials | rusticated ashlar |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | nobility |
Hohenfels Castle (German: Burg Hohenfels) is a ruined hill castle at a height of 545 m above sea level (NHN), in the Beutelfels Nature Reserve north of the village of Imsbach in the county of Donnersbergkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle may be reached via a steep footpath from the visitor mine of Weiße Grube in the valley of Langental. The path passes the "Iron Man" monument (Eiserner Mann).