Marksburg Castle

E351908
castle hill castle medieval fortress

Marksburg Castle is a well-preserved medieval hilltop fortress overlooking the Rhine River in Germany, renowned as one of the few castles in the region never destroyed.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marksburg Castle canonical 7
Marksburg 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
hill castle ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
access steep road and footpath ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval ⓘ
category Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
Hill castles in Germany ⓘ
Museums in Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
elevation about 160 metres above the Rhine ⓘ
founded 12th century ⓘ
GermanName Marksburg Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marksburg
hasParking nearby car park with access road ⓘ
hasPart armoury ⓘ
bailey ⓘ
battlements ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
keep ⓘ
tower ⓘ
wine cellar ⓘ
hasViewOf Rhine Valley ⓘ
surface form: Rhine Gorge
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception around 1117 ⓘ
knownFor being one of the few Rhine castles never destroyed ⓘ
well-preserved medieval architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Braubach ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
locatedInContinent Europe ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Upper Middle Rhine Valley
locatedOn Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
material stone ⓘ
nearbySettlement Braubach ⓘ
neverDestroyed true ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalFunction defensive fortress ⓘ
fortified stronghold ⓘ
overlooks Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
ownedBy German Castles Association ⓘ
partOf Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site
preservationStatus well-preserved ⓘ
region Mittelrhein ⓘ
surface form: Middle Rhine
significance important example of medieval military architecture on the Rhine ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor guided tours ⓘ
museum ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site → contains → Marksburg Castle ⓘ
Rhine Valley → containsLandmark → Marksburg Castle ⓘ
Marksburg Castle → GermanName → Marksburg Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marksburg
Braubach → knownFor → Marksburg Castle ⓘ
Braubach → overlookedBy → Marksburg Castle ⓘ
Braubach → hasLandmark → Marksburg Castle ⓘ
Braubach → hasCastle → Marksburg Castle ⓘ
Mittelrhein → hasLandmark → Marksburg Castle ⓘ