{"id":15492,"date":"2026-07-27T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=15492"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:06:12","slug":"schloss-marksburg-in-braubach-rheinland-pfalz-deutschland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/germany\/rhineland-palatinate\/marksburg-castle-in-braubach-rhineland-palatinate-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Schloss Marksburg in Braubach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marksburg is one of the most celebrated castles on the Rhine, and for a very particular reason: of the many fortresses that once guarded the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, it is the only hilltop castle never to have been destroyed. Standing on a steep cone of rock some 150 metres above the little town of Braubach, on the river’s right bank between Koblenz and the Loreley, it survived even the French campaigns of the late 17th century that reduced most of its neighbours to picturesque ruins. Begun around 1100 and expanded through the Gothic centuries, it preserves a complete medieval layout of towers, halls, gates and gun batteries, and since 1900 it has served as the seat of the German Castles Association (Deutsche Burgenvereinigung). Together with the rest of the Rhine Gorge, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was es zu sehen gibt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Because it can be visited only on a guided tour, Marksburg offers an unusually vivid walk through a genuine medieval fortress. The route climbs from the outer gates up the steep \u201cRider’s Stairway,\u201d cut in places straight into the bare rock, and passes through a sequence of defensive gateways to the great keep (Bergfried) that crowns the summit. Inside, visitors see the Gothic hall, the chapel set in its tower, the smoke-blackened medieval kitchen with its huge hearth, the wine cellar and the bedchamber, all furnished to evoke daily life in the Middle Ages. One of the most memorable rooms holds a collection of historic armour tracing the warrior’s harness across many centuries, while the battery terrace bristles with old bronze and iron cannon. From the ramparts and the little garden of medicinal herbs there are magnificent views up and down the Rhine and over Braubach’s slate roofs far below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anreise und praktische Informationen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Die Marksburg erhebt sich \u00fcber Braubach am rechten Rheinufer, etwa 13 Kilometer flussaufw\u00e4rts von Koblenz. Braubach verf\u00fcgt \u00fcber einen eigenen Bahnhof an der malerischen Rheinbahn. Regionalz\u00fcge von Koblenz ben\u00f6tigen nur etwa 15 Minuten. Von dort f\u00fchrt ein ausgeschilderter, etwa 20- bis 30-min\u00fctiger Fu\u00dfweg bergauf zur Burg. Alternativ ist man mit dem Auto schnell am Parkplatz direkt unterhalb des Burgtors. In den w\u00e4rmeren Monaten ist die Stadt auch mit dem Ausflugsschiff erreichbar. Die Burg ist ganzj\u00e4hrig t\u00e4glich f\u00fcr F\u00fchrungen ge\u00f6ffnet, in der Hauptsaison werden zu festgelegten Zeiten auch englischsprachige F\u00fchrungen angeboten. Am Eingang befindet sich eine Burggastst\u00e4tte. Da die Wege und Treppen im Inneren steil und uneben sind, wird festes Schuhwerk empfohlen. Die Burg ist f\u00fcr Besucher mit eingeschr\u00e4nkter Mobilit\u00e4t nicht geeignet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Die einzige Bergburg am Mittelrhein, die nie zerst\u00f6rt wurde, thront perfekt erhalten \u00fcber der Stadt Braubach in der zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe geh\u00f6renden Rheinschlucht.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,977,980,962,1077],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rhineland-palatinate","category-architecture","category-castles","category-germany","category-unesco-heritage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15492"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15509,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15492\/revisions\/15509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}