Trifels Castle

Trifels Castle
Reichsburg Trifels
Photo of Trifels Castle as see from Martinstrum. The Castle's square brick towers sit on top of the rocky peak of a hill in a forested valley.
Trifels Castle as seen from Martinsturm
Trifels Castle is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Trifels Castle
Trifels Castle
Location in Germany
Trifels Castle is located in Germany
Trifels Castle
Trifels Castle
Trifels Castle (Germany)
Alternative namesBurg Trifels
General information
Statuspartially restored
TypeRock castle
Town or cityAnnweiler am Trifels
CountryGermany
Coordinates49°11′46″N 7°58′44″E / 49.19611°N 7.97889°E / 49.19611; 7.97889
Elevation479m
Governing bodyGeneral Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate

Trifels Castle (German: Reichsburg Trifels) is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation of 500 m (1,600 ft) near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany. It is located high above the Queich valley within the Palatinate Forest on one peak of a red sandstone mountain split into three.[1] Trifels Castle is on the peak of the Sonnenberg, and on both of the other two rock elevations there are castle ruins: Anebos Castle and Scharfenberg Castle (demotically called Münz).

Trifels Castle has been gradually restored since the 19th century and today replicas of the Imperial Regalia (Reichskleinodien) of the Holy Roman Empire are on display here. It is—together with Hambach Castle—one of the most popular tourist destinations in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

  1. ^ The name Trifels means threefold rock