Scharfenberg Castle (other)
Scharfenberg Castle may refer to: * Scharfenberg Castle (Brilon), a castle in the Hochsauerland, Germany * Scharfenberg Castle (Donzdorf), a former castle of the counts of Rechberg * Scharfenberg Castle (Palatinate), a ruined hill castle in the Palatinate, Germany * Schloss Scharfenberg Schloss Scharfenberg, Saxony is a medieval castle on the southern slopes of the River Elbe mid-way between Dresden and Meissen. It lies in the Klipphausen district of Pegenau. The castle has a panoramic view over the Elbe valley. It has a long-est ...

Scharfenberg Castle (Brilon)
Scharfenberg Castle may refer to: * Scharfenberg Castle (Brilon), a castle in the Hochsauerland, Germany * Scharfenberg Castle (Donzdorf), a former castle of the counts of Rechberg * Scharfenberg Castle (Palatinate), a ruined hill castle in the Palatinate, Germany * Schloss Scharfenberg Schloss Scharfenberg, Saxony is a medieval castle on the southern slopes of the River Elbe mid-way between Dresden and Meissen. It lies in the Klipphausen district of Pegenau. The castle has a panoramic view over the Elbe valley. It has a long-est ...

Hochsauerland
Hochsauerlandkreis (meaning “High Sauerland District” in German) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, Märkischer Kreis. The district is named “High Sauerland” because two of the highest mountains of the Sauerland mountainous landscape, Langenberg and Kahler Asten are in its territory. With 2,766 ft / 843 m (Langenberg) and 2,762 ft / 842 m (Kahler Asten) these are also the highest mountains of North Rhine-Westphalia. History The district was established in 1975 in the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia by merging the previous districts Arnsberg, Brilon and Meschede. Geography Geographically the district covers a big part of the Sauerland mountains, including the highest and third highest elevation – the Langenberg near Olsberg with 2,766 ft / 843 m, and the better known Kahler Asten with 2 ...
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Scharfenberg Castle (Donzdorf)
Scharfenberg Castle may refer to: * Scharfenberg Castle (Brilon), a castle in the Hochsauerland, Germany * Scharfenberg Castle (Donzdorf), a former castle of the counts of Rechberg * Scharfenberg Castle (Palatinate), a ruined hill castle in the Palatinate, Germany * Schloss Scharfenberg Schloss Scharfenberg, Saxony is a medieval castle on the southern slopes of the River Elbe mid-way between Dresden and Meissen. It lies in the Klipphausen district of Pegenau. The castle has a panoramic view over the Elbe valley. It has a long-est ...

Scharfenberg Castle (Palatinate)
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. Geography The hill castle lies in the forest estate of the municipality of Leinsweiler at a height of 489 metres on a rocky hill with a rounded summit, typical of the Wasgau region, as the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges is called. Scharfenberg and its sister castles, Trifels and Anebos are known as the Trifels Group and are the symbol of Annweiler, which sprawls beneath them in the valley meadows of the River Queich. In the immediate vicinity lie the sites of two other castles, the ''Fensterfels'' and the ''Has''. Description The landmark of the castle is a 20-metre-high ''bergfried'', whose walls are made of rusticated ashlars from the Hohenstaufen era. In addition, pa ...
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