Trifels Castle

Trifels Castle
Reichsburg Trifels
Trifels Castle as seen from Martinsturm
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Alternative names	Burg Trifels
General information
Status	partially restored
Type	Rock castle
Town or city	Annweiler am Trifels
Country	Germany
Coordinates	49°11′46″N 7°58′44″E / 49.19611°N 7.97889°E / 49.19611; 7.97889
Elevation	479m
Governing body	General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate

Trifels Castle (German: Reichsburg Trifels) is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation of 500 m (1,600 ft) near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany. It is located high above the Queich valley within the Palatinate Forest on one peak of a red sandstone mountain split into three.^[1] Trifels Castle is on the peak of the Sonnenberg, and on both of the other two rock elevations there are castle ruins: Anebos Castle and Scharfenberg Castle (demotically called Münz).

Trifels Castle has been gradually restored since the 19th century and today replicas of the Imperial Regalia (Reichskleinodien) of the Holy Roman Empire are on display here. It is—together with Hambach Castle—one of the most popular tourist destinations in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.