Marksburg

Marksburg
Braubach
The Marksburg, from Braubach
Marksburg is located in Germany
Marksburg
Marksburg
TypeMedieval castle
Height160m.
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Site history
Built1117
Built byHouse Eppstein
Marksburg and the river Rhine

The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of the principal sites of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fortress was used for protection rather than as a residence for royal families. It has a striking example of a bergfried designed as a butter-churn tower. Of the 40 hill castles between Bingen am Rhein and Koblenz the Marksburg was one of only two which had never been destroyed (the other being Maus Castle) and at least the only one that had never fallen into disrepair.[1]

  1. ^ "Die Marksburg – ein einzigartiges Baudenkmal" (in German). February 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015.