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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 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.
Eltz Castle. Numerous castles are found in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events and the domains of famous personalities; and many still are imposing edifices to this day.
Count Palatine already had so much influence that he resided at Stahleck Castle. His successor Konrad von Staufen’s daughter secretly wed at Stahleck Castle a son of the Welfs, who were family foes, leading to Bacharach’s, and indeed the whole County Palatine’s, falling for a short time to Henry of Brunswick.
Stahleck Castle; Stauf Castle (Palatinate) Sterrenberg Castle (Rhineland) Stolzenfels Castle; Stromberg (Ripsdorf) T. Tannenfels Castle (Palatinate) Tanstein Castle;
A little later she took advantage of the absence of her husband, who stayed at Henry VI's court, to thwart the Emperor's plan. She invited the young Welf to Stahleck Castle, where he and Agnes were married in January or February 1194. [1] Furious Emperor Henry VI felt betrayed and demanded that Conrad immediately annul the marriage. Conrad ...
Hermann von Stahleck (died 2 October 1156) was the son of Count Goswin von Stahleck and Luitgard von Heimbach. [1]: 16 He was Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1142/43 until his death. [2] Hermann inherited property from his father in eastern Franconia with the title of Count of Bildhausen (today a district of Münnerstadt) as well as in Höchstadt.
Stahleck Castle at Bacharach Burg Pfalzgrafenstein at Kaub Burg Rheinfels at St. Goar Marksburg at Braubach Stolzenfels Castle at Koblenz Burg and Schloss Sayn 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 ...