Drachenfels (
German:
dragon's rock) is the name of
Hills:
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Drachenfels (Siebengebirge)
The Drachenfels ("Dragon's Rock", ) is a hill () in the Siebengebirge uplands between Königswinter and Bad Honnef in Germany. The hill was formed by rising magma that could not break through to the surface, and then cooled and became solid under ...
, a hill on the Rhine between Königswinter and Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia
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Drachenfels (Central Palatinate Forest)
The Drachenfels ("Dragon Rock") is a hill in the northern part of the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate) on the forest estate of the county town of Bad Dürkheim. At , it is the highest point of the Palatine Forest north ...
, hill and Roman fortification in the north of the Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate
Castle ruins:
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Drachenfels Castle (Siebengebirge)
The Drachenfels ("Dragon's Rock", ) is a hill () in the Siebengebirge uplands between Königswinter and Bad Honnef in Germany. The hill was formed by rising magma that could not break through to the surface, and then cooled and became solid under ...
, on the Rhine between Königswinter and Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia
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Drachenfels Castle (Wasgau), near Busenberg im Wasgau in the south of the Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate
People:
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Gottfried von Drachenfels (Siebengebirge)
Gottfried is a masculine German given name.
It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century.
The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) a ...
(died 1273), Viscount of Castle Drachenfels on the Rhine
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Rudolf von Drachenfels (1582–1656), German civil servant and occasional poet
Fiction:
* ''Drachenfels'' (1989), a vampire novel by
Kim Newman
Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula'' at ...
, originally published under his pen name Jack Yeovil
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