- Type
- Palace / château
- Built
- 1836 · 19th century
- Site origins
- 1259 per Wikidata – an earlier stronghold or first mention
- Location
- Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Commissioned by
- Frederick William IV of Prussia
- Architect
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel
- Heritage
- part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (an old town or a valley, for example)
- Coordinates
- 50.3032°, 7.5924°
History
Archbishop Arnold II von Isenburg of Trier built the castle in 1242–1259 on a rock above the Rhine opposite the mouth of the Lahn, to levy tolls on river traffic. For centuries it served the archbishops as a toll station and residence, until the French blew it up in 1689 during the Nine Years' War. In 1823 the city of Koblenz presented the ruins to the Prussian crown prince Frederick William, later King Frederick William IV. In 1836–1842 Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and after his death Friedrich August Stüler, turned them into a romantic Gothic Revival residence, incorporating the surviving medieval keep. Since 2002 the castle has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site.
What to see
The interiors keep their furnishings from the time of Frederick William IV: furniture, wall paintings, armour, weapons and works of art from the Romantic era. The tour includes the Great Knights' Hall, the king's and queen's apartments and the Gothic Revival chapel with its frescoes. Beside the castle is a pergola garden, and the terraces look out over the Rhine, the mouth of the Lahn and Lahneck Castle across the river.
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