Scharfenberg Castle (Palatinate)

Scharfenberg Castle
Burg Scharfenberg, Münz
Leinsweiler
The bergfried of Scharfenberg Castle
Coordinates49°11′21″N 7°59′10″E / 49.18925°N 7.98604°E / 49.18925; 7.98604
Typehill castle, rock castle
CodeDE-RP
Height489 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Conditionruin
Site history
Builtca. 1100 to 1150
Materialsrusticated ashlar

Scharfenberg Castle (German: Burg Scharfenberg, popularly also called Münz), is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated above the small South Palatine town of Annweiler.