Vacation Viking Budapest to Amsterdam Oct 2016 » Koblenz, Germany

Former Prussian government building of the Rhine Province in Koblenz, Germany

Steve, Debbie, Barb and Corky entering the Marksburg Castle just outside of Koblenz, Germany

The Marksburg Castle just outside of Koblenz, Germany

Steve and Debbie with Lahnstein Castle in the background as seen from the Marksburg Castle just outside of Koblenz, Germany

Ken and Sharon with Lahnstein Castle in the background as seen from the Marksburg Castle just outside of Koblenz, Germany

Sharon entering the Marksburg Castle just outside of Koblenz, Germany

Our tour guide holds up the castle key to the Marksburg Castle just outside of Koblenz, Germany

Marksburg Castle, the Drawbridge Gatehouse (Zugbrückentor)

Sharon in the Marksburg Castle Battery

The Rhine river as seen thru a battery placement in the Marksburg Castle

Debbie in the Marksburg Castle Battery

Barb outside the Castellian's Tower in the Marksburg Castle.

Steve "lights the cannon" in the Marksburg Castle Battery

The Rhine river as seen over the castle wall (Burgmauer) in the Marksburg Castle

In the Kernburg, we first enter the wine cellar in the Gothic hall building. In this vault you can learn about the drinking habits and the astonishing wine consumption in the Middle Ages - about 2 to 3 liters per person per day! At that time, far more barrels were stored here than we now see empty, for wine was, besides beer, an important food, because the water, often contaminated by pathogens, was distrusted.

Marksburg Castle - Printing press

Marksburg Castle - We reach the ground floor of the hall building built in 1435 via the cellar staircase. This room occupies the entire building floor and thus has a hall-like character. We assume that here in the late Middle Ages the large castle kitchen was located.

Marksburg Castle - The large fireplace and the equipment and vessels document how the food was prepared for the Burgmannschaft (castle team). It was not only fried and cooked here, but in this great room the servants also took their meals.

Marksburg Castle - Bed Chamber. The noble family's bedchamber, furnished with wood panelling, a canopied four poster bed, a cradle and a seating and reading area in the window niche. It was one of the few rooms in the castle to be heated by a stove.