- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1117 · 12th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Coordinates
- 50.2719°, 7.6494°
History
The castle above Braubach was probably built around 1117 by the Eppstein family, and its oldest surviving parts, including the square keep, date from the 13th century. In 1283 it passed to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen, who enlarged it into an impressive seat. After their line died out in 1479 it belonged to the Landgraves of Hesse, who adapted it to withstand artillery. The castle took the name Marksburg from its chapel of St Mark. In 1900 it was bought by the German Castles Association, which still has its headquarters here.
What to see
The guided tour follows a path cut into the rock through gates and courtyards to the Gothic hall, kitchen, bedchamber and chapel. The castle holds armour from antiquity to the 16th century, and its cellars display instruments of torture. The garden grows several hundred species of medicinal and useful plants, and the walls overlook a bend of the Rhine in the UNESCO-listed Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
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