Burg Katz

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St. Goarshausen, Burg Katz with Lorelei rock in the Rhineland-Palatinate
St. Goarshausen, Burg Katz with Lorelei rock in the Rhineland-Palatinate

Burg Katz is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The magnificent setting for the castle is on a ledge overlooking the Rhine. It was first built around 1371 by Count Wilhelm II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 and was re-built between 1896 - 98.

It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.

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[edit] Name

Though commonly known as Burg Katz, this is actually a contraction of Castle New Katzenelnbogen (German: Burg Neukatzenelnbogen) after the original Burg Katzenelnbogen.

The name translates into English as Cat Castle, and so is popularly linked with that of the nearby Burg Maus, or Mouse Castle

[edit] History of Wine

In 1435 the Counts of Katzenelnbogen were the first to plant Riesling in their vineyard. [1]

[edit] In fiction

Burg Katz and its surrounds are the place of action for the Belgian comic book L'Orgue du Diable in the Yoko Tsuno series by Roger Leloup.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World

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Coordinates: 50°09′06″N, 7°43′27″E