Rheingrafenstein Castle

Rheingrafenstein Castle
Burg Rheingrafenstein
Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
Rheingrafenstein Castle
Rheingrafenstein Castle, c. 1620
Site information
TypeHilltop castle
ConditionRemains of walls and a vaulted cellar
Location
Rheingrafenstein Castle
Rheingrafenstein Castle
Coordinates49°48′28″N 7°51′01″E / 49.8078°N 7.8503°E / 49.8078; 7.8503
Site history
Builtc. 1000-1200

Rheingrafenstein Castle is a castle on a 136-metre-high (446 ft) porphyry rock formation, the Rheingrafenstein, known as Huhinstein a thousand years, on the river Nahe, opposite Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg in the district Bad Kreuznach.