Welcome to the Sporkenburg ruins
You can follow a narrow path slightly downhill and discover the Sporkenburg, which is well hidden on a mountain ridge in the Emsbach valley in the heart of the Westerwald forest – it’s a real insider tip!
The ruins you will find date back to the late Middle Ages. There are a striking number of influences from French chateaux. For example, there was no castle keep. Instead, there was a five-storey shield wall with ‘tourelles’, or tower-like projections from the façade.
The window openings afford lovely views over the scenic valley.
The ruins of Sporkenburg are open all year round and free to access, but not gritted in winter.
Regrettably, as it is a historic site, disabled access to Sporkenburg ruins is not possible.
Sporkenburg is a perfect destination for a lovely forest walk.
Touristik Bad Ems-Nassau e.V.
Am Alten Rathaus 1
56130 Bad Ems
Phone +49 (0) 2603 93110 0
info(at)badems-nassau.info
www.badems-nassau.info
Contact
Ruine Sporkenburg
56337 Gemeinde Eitelborn
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The castle is a historical site of the Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland‑Palatinate).
Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz
Direktion Burgen Schlösser Altertümer
Festung Ehrenbreitstein
56077 Koblenz
Phone +49 (0) 261 6675 0
bsa(at)gdke.rlp.de
www.gdke.rlp.de