Virneburg Castle

Virneburg
Virneburg
The ruins of the Virneburg
Site information
Typehill castle
CodeDE-RP
ConditionEnceinte, corner tower
Location
Virneburg
Virneburg
Coordinates50°20′35.10″N 7°4′43.97″E / 50.3430833°N 7.0788806°E / 50.3430833; 7.0788806
Height430 m above sea level (NHN)
Site history
BuiltSecond half of the 12th century
Garrison information
Occupantscounts

Virneburg Castle (German: Burgruine Virneburg) is a ruined hill castle on a slate hill, 430 m above sea level (NHN), around which the Nitzbach stream flows. It stands above the village of Virneburg in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.