Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Castles

Kastl Monastery Castle

Castles

Kastl Monastery Castle

Highlight • Castle

Kastl Monastery Castle

Recommended by 178 hikers out of 188

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Hirschwald

Save

Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Kastl Monastery Castle

4.6

(42)

219

hikers

1. Kastl Monastery Castle – View of Kastl Abbey loop from Mühlhausen

13.2km

03:47

310m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

4.6

(40)

194

hikers

2. Klosterburg Kastl – View of Kastl Abbey loop from Kastl

12.0km

03:22

250m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

4.6

(32)

146

hikers

3. View of Kastl Abbey – Klosterburg Kastl loop from Mühlhausen

11.9km

03:16

190m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

Tips

Stoapfalzb(h)iker

July 7, 2022

The monastery castle has been renovated in recent years.

Translated by Google •

🚲CyklistCR🚲

June 21, 2024

Kastl Abbey Castle is the largely preserved hilltop castle and later Kastl Monastery, located on a long dolomite peak above the Lauterach Valley, high above Kastl in the Amberg-Sulzbach district of Bavaria. It is listed as an architectural monument under the file number D-3-71-132-21. "Archaeological findings from the Middle Ages and the early modern period in the area of the former Benedictine Abbey of Kastl" are also listed as an archaeological monument under the file number D-3-6636-0070.

The castle complex was probably founded in the Carolingian period. In 954, Margrave Luitpold of Austria is said to have received Kastl Castle as a fief. In the same year, Luitpold owned the entire Heubischgau region, including Kastl, Habsberg, Illschwang, and Sulzbach. In 1098, the castle had three owners: Count Berengar of Sulzbach, Frederick I of Habsberg-Kastl with his son Count Otto of Habsberg-Kastl, and Luitgard of Zähringen, wife of Margrave Diepold II of Vohburg. Between 1098 and 1102, the owners agreed to convert the castle into a Benedictine monastery.[1] On May 12, 1102, Pope Paschal II confirmed the founding of the monastery.

Source: Wikipedia

Translated by Google •

Palatina

December 9, 2020

The Kastl market is written without an "e"!

Translated by Google •

Details

Informations

Elevation 470 m

Weather

Monday 8 December

11°C

5°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Schweppermannsburg Castle Ruins in Pfaffenhofen

Teufelskanzel Rock Formation

Rechenfels Trail

Bettelküche Cave

Hirschpark Heinzhof Deer Park

View of Klosterburg Kastl

Stairway to the Castle

Bench With View of Mühlhauser Bachtal at Rechenfels

Kastl Abbey (Klosterburg Kastl)

Scenic Road Along the Lauterach Valley

Lauterach River in Naturpark Hirschwald

Bat Tower on the Lauterach

Kastl Monastery Castle

1. Kastl Monastery Castle – View of Kastl Abbey loop from Mühlhausen

2. Klosterburg Kastl – View of Kastl Abbey loop from Kastl

3. View of Kastl Abbey – Klosterburg Kastl loop from Mühlhausen

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️