Burg Stahleck

Object location	50° 03′ 29.49″ N, 7° 45′ 56.46″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	50.058192; 7.765683

Deutsch: Die Burg Stahleck in Bacharach ist eine Burg aus dem 12. Jahrhundert im Loreleytal am Rhein. Erbaut wurde sie wahrscheinlich auf Geheiß des Kölner Erzbischofs und wird heutzutage als Jugendherberge genutzt.

English: Stahleck Castle in Bacharach is a 12th century castle, presumably built on the orders of the archbishop of Cologne occupying a commanding view of the Rhine in the Loreley valley. Nowadays it's a youth hostel.

Total views

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  Aerial view, south-eastern aspect
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  Aerial view, northern aspect
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  Aerial view, western aspect, neck ditch
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  North-western aspect
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  View from Bacharach
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  View from Bacharach
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  North-western aspect
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  South-eastern aspect
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  South-western aspect
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  Bacharach around 1900, depicting the castle as a ruin
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  South-eastern aspect, 1932
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  South-western aspect.

Buildings and castle yard

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  Inner courtyard with the Langhaus at the left and the residential building with the Küchenbau at the right
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  Chemise and entrance
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  Keep
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  Keep
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  Inner courtyard and the Langhaus
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  Part of the inner courtyard and the Langhaus, 1932
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  Langhaus
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  Former girls' hostel, the so called Turmhaus
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  Upper floor of the so called Turmhaus
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  Roof and top of the keep
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  Chemise and entrance
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  Arrow slits of the chemise
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  Main entrance
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  Outer ward behind the main entrance
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  Terrace overlooking the Rhine
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  View from the upper terrasse onto the bastion
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  Water-filled fosse,
  Halsgraben mit Wasser
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  A tablet bearing an inscription concerning restoration works
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  Stairs in the chemise
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  Chemise and water-filled fosse, 1932

Interior

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  Great hall
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  Stained glass window of the great hall
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  Stained glass window of the great hall
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  Fireplace

Drawings and engravings

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  Conquest of Stahleck Castle by Swedish troops, copper engraving by Matthäus Merian, 1646
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  1658 - 1712, Rheinfelsen und Stadtbefestigung von Bacharach
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  1694-97, image of the Rijksmuseum
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  Stahleck Castle as a ruin, drawing by Lambert Doomer, 1663
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  Jacobus Storck, Rhine in Bacharach with ships, 1693
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  Steel engraving, 1840