In a world filled with selfies, here is ours!
Burg Rheinfels has it's own parking lot! But we took the tractor ride up.
I thought this wood carving was great. Wouldn't it make a good bar?
My favorite model!
This is where you pay to get in. We took the selfie on top of that tower.
I'm sure this is a reconstruction of the door, but Tim had to bend to get through it.
The castle is about 1/5 of the size it used to be. When the French Revolution took it in 1794, it became a quarry of sorts. They could use the stone to make other things.
The days of siege and keeping stores safe are gone, and most parts that would have been wood are gone.
However, it is a really great ruins that you can go through.
It's an excellent place to explore.
Too bad we didn't have a ton of kids to play hide and seek.
Tim did find the brewery!
I found flowers!
And the stockade was fun to look at.
The German visitors put him in this. I joked with them that if I had done it, it would have been child abuse. So I thanked them for doing it! :)
It was so cool to imagine how big it must have been.
Near the pillory there was this.
I thought the arch that was filled in the middle was interesting remodeling job.
You can see how high above the Rhein we were.
There were so many tunnels.
Some were to protect the castle.
Some passages were from one place to the next.
The far side of the castle was interesting. Much easier slope up to it.
We had fun using a lame little flashlight in dark tunnels, that would end in light.
This is an arch so you can see the following stairs.
Many of the stairs were spiral. This went down to a dark place where you could access these smaller ones, as Tim's forehead found out. A stone 'beam' was just low enough that while looking down with his phone as a flashlight, wham! William and I had already gone through, and being smaller, we'd missed it!
It almost looks Roman. This castle does date back to Roman times.
Every once and awhile you'd see red signs.
This one was for the exit.
You can see some of the vineyards in the background.
Parts of the castle were updated. It was cool to see a new scene through every archway.
This is the dungeon. I am standing on the floor, and that trap door is at least 20 feet up. Long drop!
With all of the years, I am amazed that these arches have endured.
They even had a slaughterhouse. Much easier than a refrigerator.
Another view.
The castle has the largest self-supporting vault in Europe.
This was the way up and out.
Here are the boys enjoying their water and ice-cream afterwards.
It is pretty.
Coat of arms for several of the regions.
A castle across the river. One is Katz and one is Maus... Cat and Mouse, get it?
We left town and got this view from west of the castle.
Now you'll have to endure some of the pictures that Tim took....
They would have HUGE wine vats. Gotta have good wine in a siege!
Our model is running around.
So many cellars.
looking down the backside of the castle.
Yes, these stairs were OMG steep!
Model!
The different eras were interesting.
Tunnels and more tunnels.
The repairs... they would make small tunnels, and put thin slate on top. And if the invaders fell through, BOOM! They would have explosives there.
Here's a stairways down, inside a tunnel. I refused to go. I didn't want to get lost.
At least they had small barriers so you didn't accidentally fall in one of these holes or stairwells.
So many views, so many pictures!
One of the stairs William loved the best went NOWHERE! Dead end.
I hope you enjoyed our little exploration of the castle with us!
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