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Buildings inside the fortress of Oberstaufen (14th).
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Buildings inside the fortress of Oberstaufen (14th).

Katzenstein Castle (12th) near Noerdlingen,            
partly rebuilt and enlarged in the 17th                
century after damage incurred during the               
Thirty Years War.
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Katzenstein Castle (12th) near Noerdlingen, partly rebuilt and enlar...

Buerresheim Castle in the Eifel range, now a museum.   
West part (12th century) with dungeon is in ruins.     
The east part was enlarged into a three-winged palace  
(15th-16th).
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Buerresheim Castle in the Eifel range, now a museum. West part (12th century)...

One of the courts in Runkel Castle (15th).
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One of the courts in Runkel Castle (15th).

Castle in Kasselburg/Kyll (14th).                      
Dungeon and Romanesque foundations                     
with double-tower.
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Castle in Kasselburg/Kyll (14th). Dungeon and Romanesque f...

Ronneburg Castle near Hanau,
built on a basalt knoll during the mid 13th century,
rebuilt in the 17th after damages by fire.
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Ronneburg Castle near Hanau, built on a basalt knoll during the mid 13th centur...

Wertheim Castle (13th), now in ruins.
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Wertheim Castle (13th), now in ruins.

Stahleck Castle on the Rhine River,                    
built by the Hohenstaufen in the 12th century;                     
former residence of the Rhenish Count Palatine.        
Destroyed in the 17th century and later rebuilt.
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Stahleck Castle on the Rhine River, built by the Hohenstauf...

Island castle of Pfalzgrafenstein on the Rhine River,  
residence of Emperor Ludwig IV, the Bavarian, which he 
had built 1327 on the Rhine island in front of Kaub.   
Final form 1500.
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Island castle of Pfalzgrafenstein on the Rhine River, residence of Emperor Lud...

Island castle of Pfalzgrafenstein on the Rhine River,  
residence of Emperor Ludwig IV, the Bavarian, which he 
had built 1327 on the Rhine island in front of Kaub.   
Final form 1500.
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Island castle of Pfalzgrafenstein on the Rhine River, residence of Emperor Lud...

Island castle of Sterrenberg on the Rhine River,       
built mid-way across the Rhine.Two moats and two       
Romanesque-Gothic walls protect the vulnerable side.
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Island castle of Sterrenberg on the Rhine River, built mid-way across the...

Pinnacles on the outer ramparts of Sterrenberg Castle. 
The island castle was built mid-way across the Rhine   
River (14th).
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Pinnacles on the outer ramparts of Sterrenberg Castle. The island castle was bu...