Marksburg as the only undamaged hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley. In the early 12th century records mention the Nobl ...
Eltz Castle (Burg Eltz) is surrounded on three sides by the Elzbach River, a tributary on the north side of the Moselle. It i ...
The original Cochem Castle, perched prominently on a hill above the Moselle River, served to collect tolls from passing ships ...
Linz Castle is an old customs castle and fortress. It dates back to 1365 and was built by the Archbishop of Cologne, Engelber ...
Rheinfels Castle construction was started in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen. After expansions, it was the largest ...
Manderscheid Lower Castle (Niederburg) was first mentioned in 1133, when it started to be built as an outer bailey of the Upp ...
Saarburg Castle was one of the first and most impressive castles (Höhenburgen) in the West, built by Graf Siegfried von Luxe ...
The Electoral Castle, with its solid construction and bulky tower, forms the townscape and portrays the power of its builder, ...
Rheinstein castle was constructed around 1316-1317. It was important for its strategic location. By 1344, the castle was in d ...
The exact building year of Stahleck castle is not known, but it has been proved that the castle was already occupied since th ...
Schönburg Castle was first mentioned in history between the years 911 and 1166. From the 12th century, the Dukes of Schönbu ...
Kasselburg is a ruined hill castle on a 490-metre-high basalt massif in Pelm near Gerolstein. The symbol of the Kasselburg i ...
Nanstein Castle was built around the year 1162 after Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I demanded its construction as additional d ...
On a hill spur above the Eifel village of Monreal in Germany"s Elzbach valley, stand two neighbouring ruined hill castle ...
The Nürburg is a ruined hilltop castle in the German Eifel Mountains near the village of Nürburg south of Adenau. It may be ...
Genovevaburg is a castle standing on the southwestern side of Mayen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The ...
Bosselstein Castle was built in 1150 and inhabited by the noblemen of Stein up until 1600. It subsequently fell into ruin, an ...
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle is a toll castle known also as 'the Pfalz'. This former stronghold is famous for its pictur ...
Finished in 1259, Stolzenfels was used to protect the toll station at the Rhine, where the ships, back then were the main tra ...
The ruins of Landshut Castle loom over Bernkastel. Archbishop Heinrich von Vinstingen and his successor, Boemund, are said to ...