Skip to content
Chateaupedia
Fensterfels, Leinsweiler

Fensterfels

Leinsweiler

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Leinsweiler

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

Sleep nearby

Fensterfels stands in Leinsweiler (Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße), in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

The Fensterfels is a variegated sandstone rock rising on a saddle of the Scharfenberg hill in the Wasgau range, between the ruins of Scharfenberg and Anebos castles. In the Middle Ages a wooden watchtower stood here to keep an eye on the surrounding area, though nothing of it remains today. The rock is mainly known among climbers, who use eleven marked routes on its face. Two long-distance hiking trails, the Pfälzer Weinsteig and the Saar-Pfalz-Weg, run past its base.

What to know

  • This is not a visitable castle building but a rock formation where a medieval wooden watchtower once stood, now vanished.
  • Access is on foot via hiking trails crossing the area, including the Pfälzer Weinsteig and the Saar-Pfalz-Weg.
  • The site is popular with climbers, who can use eleven established routes on the sandstone face.
  • The nearby ruins of Scharfenberg and Anebos castles lie close by, on either side of the rock.

Where this château is

Leinsweiler · Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße · Rheinland-Pfalz

Map of the area around Fensterfels

Loading the map…

This châteauChâteaux within 40 km

Address

Leinsweiler, Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße

Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.

Get directionsView on a map

Heritage status
Protection status unknown

Base map © IGN, Géoplateforme

In pictures

Frequently asked

Can you visit the Fensterfels like a castle?
No, no building remains to visit; only the rock itself survives, the former wooden watchtower has disappeared.
How do you reach the Fensterfels?
It is reached on foot via local hiking trails, including the Pfälzer Weinsteig and the Saar-Pfalz-Weg.
Is the Fensterfels used for climbing?
Yes, its sandstone face offers eleven established climbing routes.
What other ruins are near the Fensterfels?
The ruined castles of Scharfenberg and Anebos lie close by on either side of the rock.

Something wrong here?

Tell us. Every report moves this entry up our verification queue.

Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.

Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße