Burg Rheinfels
Castle in Sankt Goar, Germany, dating from 1245
Rheinfels Castle (German: Burg Rheinfels) is a castle ruin located above the left (west) bank of the Rhine in Sankt Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was started in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen. After expansions, it was the largest fortress in the Middle Rhein Valley between Koblenz and Mainz. It was slighted by French Revolutionary Army troops in 1797. It is the largest castle overlooking the Rhine, and historically covered five times its current area. While much of the castle is a ruin, some of the outer buildings are now a luxury hotel, wellness centre, and restaurant. Th
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- Type:
- Castle
- Period:
- 1245
- Where:
- Sankt Goar, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.15°N, 7.70°E
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- Kollegiatstift St. Goar (0.8 km)
- Stiftskirche St. Goar (0.8 km)
- Evangelische Kirche Biebernheim (0.9 km)
- Evangelische Kirche (St. Goarshausen) (1.0 km)
- St. Johannes (Sankt Goarshausen) (1.1 km)
- Burg Katz (1.4 km)
- Kapuzinerkloster Wellmich (2.0 km)
- Burg Maus (2.1 km)
- St. Martin (2.1 km)
- Evangelische Kirche Patersberg (2.2 km)
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