Burg Gräfenstein (Q22608)

  • matcher place: Südwestpfalz (relation 62360), Pirmasens (relation 3146343)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Buildings and structures in Südwestpfalz, Buildings and structures in the Palatinate Forest, Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate, Heritage sites in Rhineland-Palatinate, Rock castles, Ruined castles in Germany
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Gräfenstein Castle (German: Burg Gräfenstein) is a ruined rock castle about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the village of Merzalben in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is in the county of Südwestpfalz within the Palatine Forest and is often called Merzalber Schloss ("Merzalben Castle"). It is built on a rock plateau 12 metres (39 ft) high at an elevation of 447 metres (1,467 ft) above sea level.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Burg Gräfenstein ist die Ruine einer Felsenburg bei Merzalben im rheinland-pfälzischen Landkreis Südwestpfalz. Sie ist eine der bedeutendsten stauferzeitlichen Burganlagen in Rheinland-Pfalz. Ihre Länge beträgt etwa 80 m, ihre Breite etwa 60 m.

Summary from Esperanto / Esperanto Wikipedia (eowiki)

La burgo Gräfenstein estas la ruino de rokburgo ĉirkaŭ du kilometrojn oriente de la vilaĝo Merzalben en la distrikto Südwestpfalz, germana federacia lando Rejnlando-Palatinato. La burgo situas en la Palatinata Arbaro kaj havas la kromnomon kastelo de Merzalben. Ĝi staras sur 12 m alta rokplataĵo sur alteco de 447 m super marnivelo.

Wikidata location: 49.2409, 7.7568 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Burg Gräfenstein (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Burg Gräfenstein
ruins: yes
historic: castle
wikidata: Q22608
wikipedia: de:Burg Gräfenstein
castle_type: defensive

wikidata match: Q22608

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military facility (Q18691599) military
castle (Q23413) historic=castle
building (Q41176) building=yes, building

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Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate historic=castle, tourism=attraction, place=locality, building=ruins, historic=ruins, historic=archaeological_site, building=castle, historic=tower_house
Rock castles historic=castle, tourism=attraction, place=locality, building=ruins, historic=ruins, historic=archaeological_site, building=castle, historic=tower_house
Ruined castles in Germany historic=castle, tourism=attraction, place=locality, building=ruins, historic=ruins, historic=archaeological_site, building=castle, historic=tower_house