Marksburg Castle - Braubach, Germany
We were on a Rhine River cruise and I've always wanted to visit a castle. We were signed up to take a tour through this one and when I saw it from the river, I took this picture. The tour was wonderful and very informative.
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
Marksburg Castle - Braubach, Germany
We were on a Rhine River cruise and I've always wanted to visit a castle. We were signed up to take a tour through this one and when I saw it from the river, I took this picture. The tour was wonderful and very informative.
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