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The Drachenfels ("Dragon's Rock", German pronunciation: [ˈdʁaxənˌfɛls]) is a hill (321 metres (1,053 ft)) in the Siebengebirge uplands between Königswinter and Bad Honnef in Germany. The hill was formed by rising magma that could not break through to the surface, and then cooled and became solid underneath.
Drachenfels Castle [1] is a ruined hill castle near the village of Busenberg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies within the German half of the Wasgau region, the southern part of the Palatinate Forest .
Drachenfels (German: dragon's rock) is the name of Hills: Drachenfels (Siebengebirge), a hill on the Rhine between Königswinter and Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia; Drachenfels (Central Palatinate Forest), hill and Roman fortification in the north of the Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate; Castle ruins:
Drachenfels Castle (German: dragon's rock castle) is the name of the following German castle ruins: Drachenfels Castle (Siebengebirge), on the Rhine between Königswinter and Bad Honnef, Nordrhein-Westfalen; Drachenfels Castle (Wasgau), near Busenberg im Wasgau in the south of the Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate
Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century. It was completed in only two years (1882–84) on the Drachenfels hill in Königswinter, a German town on the east bank of the Rhine, south of the city of Bonn.
The Drachenfels ("Dragon Rock") is a hill in the northern part of the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate) on the forest estate of the county town of Bad Dürkheim. At 570.8 m above sea level (NHN) [ 1 ] , it is the highest point of the Palatine Forest north of the Hochspeyerbach - Speyerbach line.
The Drachenfels Railway (German: Drachenfelsbahn) is a rack railway line in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. The line runs from Königswinter , on the east bank of the Rhine , to the summit of the Drachenfels mountain at an altitude of 289 m (948 ft).
The Drachenfels, crowned by the ruins of a castle built in the early 12th century by the archbishop of Cologne, rises behind the town.From the summit, which can be accessed by the Drachenfels Railway, there is a view celebrated by Lord Byron in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.