Rossel (Ruedesheim)

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Rossel castle ruins
View from the Rossel

The Rossel , an artificial ruin , is located on the western boundary between Rüdesheim am Rhein and its Assmannshausen district in the Hessian Rheingau-Taunus district and is now a destination in the Niederwald Landscape Park with a wonderful view of the confluence of the Nahe and the Rhine on the opposite side Binger hole . At their feet, about 400 meters to the south, are the Ehrenfels castle ruins and, on a small offshore Rhine island , the Binger mouse tower . The Rossel is about a 20-minute walk from the Niederwald Monument and a 10-minute walk from the Niederwald Hunting Lodge .

Count Johann Friedrich Karl Maximilian von Ostein had the artificial ruin built for his guests from 1774 as part of the transformation of the Niederwald into a landscape park .

The Rossel at the highest point of the Niederwald consists of a square main tower about 5 meters wide with a small terrace facing the Rhine to the south and the small stair tower to the northwest. The ruin made of field stones is decorated with castle elements.

The Rossel is surrounded by several vantage points, such as the Naheblick (east) and the knight's hall (northwest) and the so-called magic cave (north), an approximately 60-meter-long walled-up artificial cave.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 45.7 "  N , 7 ° 52 ′ 41"  E