Wartburg Castle
Also known as Château de la Wartbourg, Château de la Wartburg, Chateau de Wartbourg, Schloss Wartburg, Wartburg
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
Germany
Inscribed
1999
List reference
897
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Wartburg Castle is about 50 km west of Erfurt. The nearest other World Heritage site is Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt, about 50 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Erfurt · about 203,000 peopleabout 50 km east
- Göttingen · about 139,000 peopleabout 65 km north-west
- Kassel · about 290,000 peopleabout 65 km north-west
- Jena · about 105,000 peopleabout 90 km east
- Coburg · about 61,000 peopleabout 90 km south-east
- Gera · about 105,000 peopleabout 120 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
GermanyCultural51 km away
GermanyCultural71 km away
GermanyCultural72 km away
GermanyCultural74 km away
GermanyCultural95 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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