Hohenfels Castle (Palatinate)

Burg Hohenfels
Imsbach
Ruins of Hohenfels
Site information
Typehill castle
CodeDE-RP
ConditionMauerreste
Location
Burg Hohenfels
Burg Hohenfels
Coordinates49°36′06″N 7°53′35″E / 49.601795°N 7.892986°E / 49.601795; 7.892986
Height545 m above sea level (NHN)
Site history
Builtc. 1200
Materialsrusticated ashlar
Garrison information
Occupantsnobility

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).