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Virneburg is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Virneburg Castle Virneburg Castle (german: Burgruine Virneburg) is a ruined hill castle on a slate hill, , 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. ...
is located in the village.


Geography

Virneburg is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel. Next towns are Mayen in the East and Adenau in the West. The average height is 402 meters above NN. Virneburg is in a valley surrounded by four mountains. In the middle of Virneburg there is a fifth mountain on which the Virneburg ruin was built.


County of Virneburg

The County of Virneburg was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire between Mayen and Adenau, near the city of Koblenz. It existed between the 11th and the 18th century. It is located in what is now the region of Rheinland-Pfalz.


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{{Authority control Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz