Marksburg
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Marksburg | |
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Medieval castle | |
Height | 160m. |
Site information | |
Open to the public | yes |
Site history | |
Built | 1117 |
Built by | House Eppstein |
The Marksburg is a castle above the town of
History
Middle Ages
A stone keep was built on the spot in 1100 by the Eppstein family and expanded into a castle around 1117 to protect the town of Braubach and to reinforce the customs facilities. It was first mentioned in documents in 1231. The Eppsteins were a powerful family in the region, with several members becoming archbishops in Mainz and Trier.[2] In 1283, Count Eberhard of Katzenelnbogen bought it and throughout the 14th and 15th century the high noble counts rebuilt the castle constantly.[3] In 1429 the male line of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen became extinct, and the territories went to the Count of Hesse, who expanded the castle to accommodate artillery and added the round towers of the outer curtain wall.[4]
19th century
The French emperor
Modern era
In 1900, the castle was sold for a symbolic price of 1,000 Goldmarks to the German Castles Association (Deutschen Burgenvereinigung),[6] which had been founded a year earlier as a private initiative to preserve castles in Germany. The Marksburg has been the head office of this organisation since 1931.
In March 1945, the castle was badly damaged by American artillery from across the Rhine.
In the 1990s, a copy of the Marksburg was created for the Ueno German Culture Village in Japan.
Notes
- ^ "Die Marksburg – ein einzigartiges Baudenkmal" (in German). February 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015.
- ^ de Fabianis, p. 131.
- ^ Marksburg, The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
- ^ de Fabianis, p. 131.
- ^ de Fabianis, p. 131
- ^ MS-visucom.de
Sources
- de Fabianis, Valeria, ed. (2013). Castles of the World. New York: Metro Books. ISBN 978-1-4351-4845-1
External links
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