Rhine Castles and Ruins
This collection features architectural landmarks along the Rhine and Lahn rivers within the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district. Highlights include the uniquely positioned Pfalzgrafenstein toll castle on an island, the well-preserved Marksburg, and the Neo-Gothic Stolzenfels Palace. The sites range from medieval ruins like Sporkenburg to Baroque transformations such as Schloss Oranienstein, reflecting the region's strategic importance for trade and territorial defense from the 12th through the 19th centuries.
A Stolzenfels Castle
Stolzenfels Castle is a former medieval fortress castle turned into a palace, near Koblenz on the left bank of the Rhine, in the state of…
B Marksburg
The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
C Pfalzgrafenstein Castle
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle is a toll castle on the Falkenau island, otherwise known as Pfalz Island in the River Rhine near Kaub, Germany.
D Lahneck Castle
Lahneck Castle is a medieval fortress located in the city of Lahnstein in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Koblenz.
E Rheinfels Castle
Rheinfels Castle is a castle ruin located above the left bank of the Rhine in Sankt Goar, Germany.
F Burg Balduinstein
Medieval rock castle ruins built in 1319 by Balduin of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Trier, to secure territorial claims against the Counts of Nassau.
G Martinsburg
14th-century castle in Lahnstein, originally established as a toll station for the Archbishops of Mainz, featuring a distinctive hexagonal tower.
H Stein'sches Schloss
Baroque town palace in Nassau, known as the ancestral seat of the Prussian reformer Baron vom Stein.
I Schönburg
The Schönburg is a castle above the medieval town of Oberwesel in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, …
J Schloss Liebeneck
Late 16th-century hunting lodge situated on a ridge above Osterspai, later redesigned in the 19th century.
K Liebenstein Castle
Liebenstein Castle is a castle above the village of Kamp-Bornhofen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
L Burg Osterspai
Former 14th-century moated castle in Osterspai, characterized by its well-preserved medieval residential tower and timber-framed additions.
Grafenschloss Diez
High medieval castle in Diez, serving as a former residence for the House of Nassau-Diez and later functioning as a penitentiary.
Schloss Oranienstein
Baroque palace built on the foundations of a 12th-century Benedictine monastery, serving as an ancestral seat for the House of Orange-Nassau.
O Sterrenberg Castle
Sterrenberg Castle is a castle above the village of Kamp-Bornhofen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
P Alteburg Singhofen (Ruine)
Archaeological remains of a Celtic hillfort dating from the Hallstatt culture, featuring a prehistoric wall and ditch system.
Q Sporkenburg
The Sporkenburg is a late medieval castle ruin about one kilometre south of Eitelborn in the district of Westerwaldkreis in the German…
R Burg Schwalbach
Late medieval hilltop castle built in the 1370s, notable for its 40-meter-high circular keep and imposing residential buildings.
S Burg Hohlenfels
14th-century rock castle built on a steep limestone cliff, featuring a shield wall and a preserved residential building.
T Schloss Langenau
Former water castle near the Lahn river, featuring a Romanesque residential tower and remnants of its medieval curtain walls.
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