Marksburg

The Marksburg (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁksbʊʁk]) is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of the principal sites of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fortress was used for protection rather than as a residence for royal families. It has a striking example of a bergfried designed as a butter-churn tower. Of the 40 hill castles between Bingen am Rhein and Koblenz the Marksburg was one of only two which was never destroyed (the other being Maus Castle), and the only one that never fell into disrepair.

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Marksburg ranks #476 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #41 of the 492 mapped in Germany. Founded 1117, it is older than 86% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 544 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 10,020 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 26 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 10 km away. It is one of the 33 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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