![]() The counts of Katzenelnbogen built the Gothic part of Marksburg Castle, giving it its striking form. These counts belonged to one of the wealthiest lineages in the Rhineland - one of the countesses of Katzenelnbogen was the mother of King Adolf of Nassau. The castle was bought by Count Eberhard II of Katzenelnbogen (1283). The Eppsteins were amongst the most powerful families at that time four of them were archbishops and electors of Mainz, and one of them held the same position in Trier. The Lords of Eppstein built the Romanesque castle complex with its triangular layout, characteristic of the Staufer era. In the early 12th century records mention the Noble Freemen of Brubach (who probably built the lower part of the keep around 1117), even though the castle itself is first referred to in 1231. ![]() ![]() ![]() Marksburg as the only undamaged hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley. ![]()
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