Birkenfeld Travel Guide
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Birkenfeld Overview
Neighbors of Birkenfeld are Gollenberg, Elchweiler, Schmißberg, Rimsberg, Dienstweiler (Dienstweiler vacation rentals | Dienstweiler travel guide), Ellweiler, Dambach, Brücken, Buhlenberg, and Ellenberg (Ellenberg vacation rentals | Ellenberg travel guide).
Where to stay in Birkenfeld?
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Things to See in Birkenfeld
Close by lie the ruins of the castle of Birkenfeld, dating from the 14th century, which was once the residence of the counts Palatine of Zweibrücken (Zweibrücken vacation rentals | Zweibrücken travel guide).
Lambdazismus
Museum des Vereins für Heimatkunde im Landkreis Birkenfeld
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Maps and Driving Directions to Birkenfeld
Schloss Birkenfeld
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Related Sites
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- Homepage of Birkenfeld: Birkenfeld (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Birkenfeld
More about the History of Birkenfeld
In the 17th–18th century Birkenfeld was capital of the Pfalzgrafschaft Birkenfeld, whose heir Maximilian I Joseph inherited the electorates of Palatinate and Bavaria in 1799 and who became king of Bavaria in 1806. From 1816 to 1937 Birkenfeld was capital of the Principality of Birkenfeld which was part of the grand-duchy of Oldenburg (Oldenburg vacation rentals | Oldenburg travel guide). Therefore Birkenfeld is now the centre of the district though Idar-Oberstein (Idar-Oberstein vacation rentals | Idar-Oberstein travel guide) is bigger.
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