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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (German: Burg Pfalzgrafenstein) is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany. Also known as "the Pfalz", Pfalzgrafenstein Castle has never been destroyed since being established in 1326/27.
Kaub is known for the castle Pfalz, or Burg Pfalzgrafenstein, situated on a rock in the middle of the Rhine. According to legend, the Palatine countesses awaited their confinement in the Pfalz, but in reality the castle served as a toll-gate for merchandise on the Rhine. [3] The restored castle Gutenfels sits on a hill above the town.
The toll castle of Stahleck in Bacharach Pfalzgrafenstein Castle. A toll castle (German: Zollburg) [1] is a castle that, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, guarded a customs post and was intended to control it. They were typically found in the Holy Roman Empire.
The most outstanding castles are the Marksburg, the only undamaged hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley, the Burg Pfalzgrafenstein, on a rocky island in the middle of the Rhine, and Rheinfels Castle, which was developed into a fortress over time. Stolzenfels Castle is a synonym for Rhine romanticism like no other. It did not just encourage ...
Gutenfels Castle was built in 1220. It was used with the toll castle, Pfalzgrafenstein Castle in the middle of the Rhein and the fortified town of Kaub on the furthest side to provide an impenetrable anti-toll zone for the Holy Roman Emperor until Prussia purchased the area in 1866 and ended this toll in 1867.
Stahleck Castle (German: Burg Stahleck) is a 12th-century fortified castle in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley at Bacharach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It stands on a crag approximately 160 metres (520 ft) above sea level [ 1 ] on the left bank of the river at the mouth of the Steeg valley, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of ...
The 16th century castle once belonged to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. ... Inside the Castle of Mey, King Charles's Private Home in Scotland. Emily Burack. August 3, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Rhine Castle trail - Rheinburgenweg (previously: Rheinburgen-Wanderweg), follows the left side of the Rhine from Bingen to Remagen-Rolandseck and the right side takes the route of the Rheinsteig from Rüdesheim am Rhein to Koblenz.