Burgen

Worth seeing in and around Burgen

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Eltz Castle

   Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. It is still owned by a branch of the House of Eltz who have lived there since the 12th century.

   3.8 km · Castle in Germany · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Trutzeltz Castle

   The ruins of Trutzeltz Castle, also known as Balduineltz, Baldeneltz or Neueltz, are the remains of a hill castle in the valley of the Elz in the parish of Wierschem near the town of Münstermaifeld. It was built as a counter-castle during the medieval Eltz Feud in the Moselle region.

   3.8 km · castle ruin in Wierschem, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bischofstein Castle

   Bischofstein Castle is a castle by the Moselle in Germany. It sits between Moselkern and Hatzenport; these and the castle face the borough of Burgen.

   500 m · castle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · Wikipedia

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Getting to Burgen

Airports

Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 31 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 75 km · Frankfurt Main (FRA), 86 km

• Köln (Cologne) → Burgen

  86 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €12–17
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• Frankfurt am Main → Burgen

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · €13–19
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• Düsseldorf → Burgen

  120 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · €16–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Burgen

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Burgen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Burgen – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.