Castles on the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne: In Full Colour with Description

archbishop of Mainz arrow slits Bacharach Balthasar Neumann besieged BINGEN built in circa Burg Katz castle is perched Castle stands Castle was destroyed Central Rhine Cologne counts of Katzenelnbogen Dikasterial Building Drachenfels Castle Ehrenbreitstein Ehrenfels Castle French in 1689 Fürstenberg Castle gatehouses Goarshausen ground plan Gutenfels Castle Heimburg Castle interior Kaub Klopp Castle knights KOBLENZ KÖNIGSWINTER Lahneck Castle Landgrave of Hessen Ludwig the Bavarian Marksburg Castle Martinsburg Castle massive shield wall Maus Castle Mäuseturm medieval Mouse Tower Neo-Gothic style NIEDERHEIMBACH Nollig Castle OBERLAHNSTEIN outer ward overlooking St Prince Friedrich probably built Prussia Reichenstein Castle residence residential building residential tower restaurant Rheinfels Castle Rheinstein Castle Rhenish League Rhine side Rhine tolls Rhine valley romantic Rudolf von Habsburg ruin was purchased Schloss Augustusburg Schloss Drachenburg Schloss Poppelsdorf Schloss Stolzenfels Schönburg Castle Sooneck Castle Stahleck Castle Sterrenberg STOLZENFELS CASTLE tect Today town walls TRECHTINGSHAUSEN Trier Warring Brothers water castle west side youth hostel