Boosenburg

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Boosenburg
Boosenburg from the southwest

Boosenburg from the southwest

Alternative name (s): Oberburg
Creation time : around 1100 to 1200
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Standing position : Knight
Place: Rudesheim am Rhein
Geographical location 49 ° 58 '42 "  N , 7 ° 55' 5"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '42 "  N , 7 ° 55' 5"  E
Height: 90  m above sea level NN

The Boosenburg or Oberburg is a low castle on the right bank of the Rhine Valley just above the Brömserburg in Rüdesheim am Rhein in the Rheingau-Taunus district in Hesse .

The Boosenburg has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .

investment

The double-tiered, very high keep was surrounded by a cube-shaped structure in which the entrance was located. The buildings were secured by a curtain wall and a nine meter wide moat . Additional residential buildings were built in the late Middle Ages .

history

The castle was probably built in the 12th century as the seat of the knight Fuchs von Rüdesheim. In 1407 the castle was bequeathed to the Brömser von Rüdesheim family and from 1474 to 1830 it was owned by the Boos von Waldeck .

In 1830 it came into the possession of the Counts of Schönborn-Wiesntheid and in 1838 they demolished all buildings except the tower. The tower was raised and provided with neo-Gothic battlements . After 1860 the new lord of the castle - the wine merchant Baptist Sturm - had the moat to the wine cellar arched. His widow had a neo-Gothic villa built in 1872 according to a design by the architect Franz skull .

The castle has been owned by the Carl Jung winery since 1938.

literature

  • Michael Fuhr: Who wants to be the keeper of the river? 40 castles and palaces on the Middle Rhine . 1st edition. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-1460-1 , pp. 130-131.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 304.

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