Schoenfels
Schoenfels is a village in the commune of Mersch, in central Luxembourg.
Schoenfels is a village in the commune of Mersch, in central Luxembourg. As of September 2026, the village has a population of 242. It is the location of Junction 3 of the A7 motorway, which goes from Luxembourg City to Clervaux. It is notable for Schoenfels Castle.
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Worth seeing in and around Schoenfels
4 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.
- 01Hollenfels Castle
Hollenfels Castle, with a history dating back to the 11th century, is one of the castles located close to the River Eisch in the Valley of the Seven Castles in central Luxembourg. Today it is used as a centre for activities for young people, including a nearby youth hostel.
3.5 km · castle · Wikipedia - 02Schoenfels Castle
Schoenfels Castle, with a history dating back to the 12th century, is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles in central Luxembourg. Located in the village of Schoenfels in the Mamer Valley between Kopstal and Mersch, it now belongs to the State of Luxembourg.
600 m · Castle in Luxembourg · Wikipedia - 03Mersch Castle
Mersch Castle in central Luxembourg is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles. Located in the centre of Mersch, its history goes back to the 13th century.
3.5 km · castle in Luxembourg · Wikipedia - 04National Literature Centre
The National Literature Centre, abbreviated CNL, is the national literary archive of Luxembourg. It is based in the town of Mersch, about 15 kilometers to the north of Luxembourg City.
3.8 km · archive and library for Luxembourg's litterature · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Schoenfels
- Airports
- Luxembourg-Findel (LUX), 13 km · Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 87 km · Maastricht Aachen (MST), 135 km
- Stations
- Lorentzweiler railway station, 3.5 km · Lintgen railway station, 1.7 km
- Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → SchoenfelsTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Maastricht → Schoenfels129 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · €16–23
- Charleroi → Schoenfels140 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €20–28
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Schoenfels
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 Schoenfels. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIn addition, there's a funicular between Pfaffenthal and Kirchberg.
- Get aroundIn addition, the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station has a quirky funicular that takes travelers from the Rout Bréck-Pfaffenthal tram stop on top of the Kirchberg hill to the train station, closer to the Pfaffenthal valley.
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