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Marksburg
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (February 2015) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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| Marksburg | |
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| Braubach | |
 The Marksburg, from Braubach | |
  Marksburg | |
| Type | Medieval castle |
| Height | 160m. |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public | yes |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1117 |
| Built by | House Eppstein |
The Marksburg 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 had never been destroyed (the other being Maus Castle) and at least the only one that had never fallen into disrepair.[1]
- ^ "Die Marksburg – ein einzigartiges Baudenkmal" (in German). February 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015.
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