Rheingrafenstein

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the regent of the Rhine county of Gaugrehweiler see Carl Magnus von Rheingrafenstein .

The Rheingrafenstein around 1900

The Rheingrafenstein 2004

The Rheingrafenstein is a 136 m high porphyry rock formation on the Nahe opposite Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg .

Geologically it belongs to the Kreuznach massif. The ruins of Rheingrafenstein Castle , which was built in the 11th century and destroyed during the Palatinate War of Succession in 1688, stand on its top . The Rheingrafenstein is the landmark of the city of Bad Münster am Stein. A little below is the Affenstein castle ruin . A 200 hectare area around the rock formation was declared a nature reserve in 1985 .

Coming from Bad Münster am Stein, the Rheingrafenstein can be reached via a footpath after having crossed the Nahe by means of a hand-drawn passenger ferry . Alternatively, there is the option of following Rheingrafenstraße via Bad Kreuznach, to a nearby car park and to hike to the castle and the viewing platform.

literature

• Alexander Thon (Ed.): How swallow nests glued to the rock. Castles in the Northern Palatinate . 1st edition Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2005, pp. 130–135, ISBN 3-7954-1674-4 .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Bad Kreuznach district

Web links

Commons : Rheingrafenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rheingrafenstein castle ruins on the homepage of the Rheingrafenstein Tourist Office
• Gans and Rheingrafenstein nature reserve. Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration, accessed on July 10, 2014 . 

Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 51'  E