- Burg Katz
Burg Katz is a castle above the German town of
St. Goarshausen inRhineland-Palatinate . The magnificent setting for the castle is on a ledge overlooking theRhine . It was first built around 1371 by Count Wilhelm II ofKatzenelnbogen . The castle was bombarded in 1806 and was re-built between 1896 - 98.It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
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"History of Wine
In 1435 the Counts of Katzenelnbogen were the first to plant
Riesling in their vineyard. [ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World]In fiction
Burg Katz and its surrounds are the place of action for the Belgian
comic book "L'Orgue du Diable " in theYoko Tsuno series byRoger Leloup .Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.mediaspec.com/castles/rhein/katz.html Burg Katz]
* [http://www.loreley-info.com/eng/castles/katz.shtml Cat Castle] in the [http://www.loreley-info.com Lorelei] Valley
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