Can Burg Walternienburg still be visited?

Visitors can see the medieval keep and remains of the surrounding wall, since the other buildings were demolished at the end of the twentieth century.

Where is Burg Walternienburg located?

It is located in Zerbst/Anhalt, in the Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt.

How old is Burg Walternienburg?

The site was first mentioned in the tenth century, though the surviving keep dates from the fourteenth century.

What remains of Burg Walternienburg today?

Only the thirty metre high keep and fragments of the wall and moat system remain.

Burg Walternienburg

Walternienburg Castle

Zerbst/Anhalt

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Where: Zerbst/Anhalt

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Burg Walternienburg stands in Zerbst/Anhalt (Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Burg Walternienburg is a small medieval fortification on the banks of the Nuthe river, in the village of Walternienburg, part of the town of Zerbst/Anhalt. Only the fourteenth century keep, thirty metres high, still stands, along with remnants of the surrounding wall and the old moat and rampart system. The site bears witness to nearly a thousand years of history, from the earliest written mentions in the tenth century to the demolition of the remaining buildings at the end of the twentieth century.

What to know

Only the keep and fragments of the surrounding wall remain, since the residential buildings were demolished at the end of the twentieth century.
The site is mainly visited for its exterior and the remains of the old moat and rampart system.
No opening hours, admission fees or accessibility information are available for this site.
The monument is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.

Where this château is

Zerbst/Anhalt · Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld · Sachsen-Anhalt

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Address

Zur Wasserburg, 39264 Zerbst/Anhalt-Walternienburg

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Can Burg Walternienburg still be visited?: Visitors can see the medieval keep and remains of the surrounding wall, since the other buildings were demolished at the end of the twentieth century.
Where is Burg Walternienburg located?: It is located in Zerbst/Anhalt, in the Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt.
How old is Burg Walternienburg?: The site was first mentioned in the tenth century, though the surviving keep dates from the fourteenth century.
What remains of Burg Walternienburg today?: Only the thirty metre high keep and fragments of the wall and moat system remain.