What is "greifenstein"

Greifenstein is a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Its administrative seat is Beilstein. Greifenstein covers 67.43 km² on the eastern slope of the Westerwald range. Its name comes from the castle of the same name in the constituent community of the same name, where the German Bell Museum (Deutsches Glockenmuseum) is to be found, with about 50 bells showing the development of bell pouring.

Greifenstein ("stone stronghold") may identify:

• Greifenstein, a community in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany;
• Château de Greifenstein, a ruined castle in the commune of Saverne in the Bas-Rhin département, France;
• Greifenstein Castle in the municipality of Filisur in the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland;
• Schloss Greifenstein, in Heiligenstadt (Upper Franconia), seat of the Schenk von Stauffenberg family.
• Burg Greifenstein, a castle in Lower Austria;
• Castle Greifenstein, Terlan, South Tyrol

• Counts of Greifenstein: see Princes of Solms-Braunfels