Marksburg Castle Tours

You could do the tour on your own by taking the train from to Braubach and then going up the hill to the castle.You can see what the rail fare is by going to the German Rail website and punching in the details for the trip. Then go to the castle website and see what the entrance cost is. You can walk up the hill to the castle if you are in decent shape or take local transport up.The difference between the cost to do it yourself and to take the tour company's option is the price of convenience. Whether that amount is 'worth it' is a choice only you can really make.I've visited the castle on my own and found it to be a worthwhile trip. Is the 50$ per person including a bus ride up to the castle and back to? Is this a private 2 hour tour of the castle just for your ship?Normally, the tour is only 45 min. So if this is a 2 hour tour of the castle and transportation there and back, then yes, it might be worth the 50$ price.

Dating from 1117, Marksburg Castle is arguably one of the best castles to visit in Germany. That's why so many Rhine river cruises include a Marksburg Castle tour on their itineraries. Don't let the “castle” part of its name fool you. Oct 21, 2015  Marksburg Castle with Viking River Cruises. Our tour of Marksburg Castle with Viking River Cruises may not have evoked romantic images of princesses in ball gowns and charming princes, but it was incredibly interesting and informative. In fact, Marksburg Castle was my husband’s favorite stop on our Viking Cruise on the Rhine.

Trains are infrequent, only once an hour running between Koblenz and Braubach, and the the little train that runs up to the castle and back isn't regular. You have to reserve it or walk up the hill to the castle on your own. This is a steep walk and if it is raining, it won't be fun.

The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of the principal sites of the Rhine GorgeUNESCO 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]

History[edit]

Middle Ages[edit]

A stone keep was built on the spot in 1100 by the Eppstein family and expanded into a castle around 1117 to protect the town of Braubach and to reinforce the customs facilities. It was first mentioned in documents in 1231. The Eppsteins were a powerful family in the region, with several members becoming archbishops in Mainz and Trier.^[2] In 1283, Count Eberhard of Katzenelnbogen bought it and throughout the 14th and 15th century the high noble counts rebuilt the castle constantly.^[3]In 1429 the male line of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen became extinct, and the territories went to the Count of Hesse, who expanded the castle to accommodate artillery and added the round towers of the outer curtain wall.^[4]

19th century[edit]

The French emperor Napoleon seized then abolished the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. He gave the Marksburg to his ally the Duke of Nassau for his service. He used the castle as a prison and as a home for disabled soldiers. After the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 the Duchy of Nassau became a territory of Prussia, which took ownership of the Marksburg.^[5]

Modern era[edit]

Finally, it was sold in 1900 for a symbolic price of 1,000 Goldmarks to the German Castles Association (Deutschen Burgenvereinigung),^[6] which had been founded a year earlier as a private initiative to preserve castles in Germany. The Marksburg has been the head office of this organisation since 1931.

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In March 1945, the castle was badly damaged by American artillery fired from across the Rhine.

In the 1990s, a copy of the Marksburg was created for the Ueno German Culture Village in Japan, after the owner of the castle denied to demolish the original and rebuild it in Japan. Excitebike nes rom.

Notes[edit]

1. ^'Die Marksburg – ein einzigartiges Baudenkmal' (in German). February 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015.
2. ^de Fabianis, p. 131.
3. ^Marksburg, The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
4. ^de Fabianis, p. 131.
5. ^de Fabianis, p. 131
6. ^MS-visucom.de

Sources[edit]

• de Fabianis, Valeria, ed. (2013). Castles of the World. New York: Metro Books.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)ISBN978-1-4351-4845-1

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Coordinates: 50°16′18.50″N7°38′57.00″E / 50.2718056°N 7.6491667°E