Sharon in Marksburg Castle Knight's Hall (Rittersaal) - Here the court life of the Burgherren played itself, events, consultations, meals, also festivities; The room was food point: living, dining and study. One dined at the long table, which was carried out again after the end of the meal - "the table was lifted up." And after the meal one felt a human stirring, then one came through a masonry directly to the Aborterker (is a bay window , which served as a toilet in the middle age in a castle or on a residential building ), which hangs high above the Zwingergraben (kennel ditch). The outer wall itself is still over three meters thick, because the terrain at the base drops sharply. |
Marksburg Castle - Castle Knight's Hall (Rittersaal) - Under the ceiling is a so-called chandelier, a typical ceiling chandelier of the 15th century. |
Marksburg Castle - Debbie in the Chapel. The 14th century chapel, part of the chapel tower, with its beautifully painted walls and ceilings. Small at first glance, we have to bear in mind that the chapel would only have been used by the noble family for daily prayers and services. In one of the niches, we can see a statue which is a copy of a 15th century Rhenish Virgin Mary. |
Marksburg Castle - the Armoury. The "Gimbel Collection", a display of twelve life-sized figurines from 1880 which demonstrates the changes made to armour and weaponry from ancient to early modern times. The armour on display consists of extremely detailed replicas as well as original pieces. Artifacts from excavation work carried out in and around the castle grounds - coins, glass, arrow heads, dice - are on display in a glass cabinet. |
Marksburg Castle - Corky in the Armoury. The "Gimbel Collection", a display of twelve life-sized figurines from 1880 which demonstrates the changes made to armour and weaponry from ancient to early modern times. The armour on display consists of extremely detailed replicas as well as original pieces. Artifacts from excavation work carried out in and around the castle grounds - coins, glass, arrow heads, dice - are on display in a glass cabinet. |
Marksburg Castle - the former Stables (Torture Exhibition) - The oldest part of the castle, the basement of the Romanesque Palas, where the old horse stables used to be, is in use as display space for a small exhibition about torture and punishment in the Middle Ages and early modern days. |
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Koblenz Rathaus, Koblenz, Germany |
Cable Car to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, Germany |
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Three segments of the Berlin Wall standing in a park at the Detaches Eck, Koblenz, Germany |
Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I (Emperor William) - In 1953 the monument was declared the Memorial to German unity by German president Theodor Heuss. Koblenz, Germany |