Katz Castle
Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. This magnificent castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at St. Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count Wilhelm II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, between 1896-98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
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[edit] Etymology
Though commonly known as Katz, this is actually a contraction of Neukatzenelnbogen after the original Castle of Katzenelnbogen (Burg Katzenelnbogen). The name roughly translates into English as Cat's Elbow Castle, and so is popularly linked with that of the nearby Burg Maus, or "Mouse Castle".
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The castle is of compact layout, consisting mainly of a great hall and a massive bergfried, originally 40 meters tall, on the side facing uphill.
In 1435 the Counts of Katzenelnbogen were the first to plant Riesling in their vineyard. [1]
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.
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Coordinates: 50°09′06″N 7°43′27″E / 50.15167°N 7.72417°E
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