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Island tongue fortress of Rheinfels, founded 1245, built mid-way across the Rhine River.
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Island tongue fortress of Rheinfels, founded 1245, built mid-way across the...

Marksburg Fortress on the Rhine River near Braubach. Built about 1000, this is the only medieval fortress on the Rhine River which was never destroyed.
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Marksburg Fortress on the Rhine River near Braubach. Built about 1000, this i...

Marksburg Fortress on the Rhine River near Braubach. Built about 1000, this is the only medieval fortress on the Rhine River that was never destroyed.
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Marksburg Fortress on the Rhine River near Braubach. Built about 1000, this i...

Trifels/Wasgau Fortress (12th). Depository for the imperial insignia of the Hohenstaufen (1195-1273).
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Trifels/Wasgau Fortress (12th). Depository for the imper...

The fortresses of Trifels, Anebos, and Scharfenberg (12th).
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The fortresses of Trifels, Anebos, and Scharfenberg (12th).

Chapel in Trifels Fortress (12th), depository of the imperial insignia of the Hohenstaufen (1195-1273).
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Chapel in Trifels Fortress (12th), depository of the imperi...

Monastery castle of Comburg on the Kocher River, built inside an older fortress. In 1079 Burkhard II, Count of Rothenburg, donated his castleto the Benedictine order.
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Monastery castle of Comburg on the Kocher River, built inside an older fo...

Monastery castle of Comburg on the Kocher River, built inside an older fortress. In 1079, Burkhard II, Count of Rothenburg, donated his castle to the Benedictine order.
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Monastery castle of Comburg on the Kocher River, built inside an older fo...

Monastery castle of Comburg on the Kocher River, built inside an older fortress. In 1079, Burkhard II, Count of Rothenburg, donated his castle to the Benedictien order.
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Monastery castle of Comburg on the Kocher River, built inside an older fo...

Hornberg Castle near Neckarzimmern, purchased by Goetz von Berlichingen in 1517, together with three villages. He lived here until his death in 1562. Destroyed in the 17th, only the 12th century belfry, the gunpowder magazine, and some walls remain.
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Hornberg Castle near Neckarzimmern, purchased by Goetz von Berlichingen in 1517...

Entrance gate of Hornberg Castle near Neckarzimmern, purchased by Goetz von Berlichingen in 1517, together with 3 villages. He lived here until his death in 1562. Destroyed in the 17th, only the 12th century belfry, the gunpowder magazine, and some walls remain.
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Entrance gate of Hornberg Castle near Neckarzimmern, purchased by Goetz von B...

Hornberg Castle near Neckarzimmern, purchased by Goetz von Berlichingen in 1517, together with three villages. He lived here until his death in 1562. Destroyed in the 17th, only the protruding 12th century belfry, the gunpowder magazine, and some walls remain.
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Hornberg Castle near Neckarzimmern, purchased by Goetz von Berlichingen in 1517...