Kurfürstliche Burg, Boppard

Name: Kurfürstliche Burg
Address: Burgplatz 2, Boppard, Germany

#1 among attractions in Boppard

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Architecture, Museum

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The Electoral Castle, also called the Old Castle, is a high medieval castle in Boppard in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and was part of the medieval city fortifications of Boppard. It was a lowland and moated castle. After the pledge of Boppard to the Electorate of Trier, it passed into the possession of Balduin of Luxembourg. The castle is also called Balduinsburg after him. Originally, historians assumed that it was Balduin of Luxembourg who started building the castle. Until the 17th century, the castle was expanded by the electors of Trier into a four-winged complex.

Coordinates: 50°13'58"N, 7°35'37"E

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Burgplatz 2Boppard Germany

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Kurfürstliche Burg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Marksburg, Schloss Stolzenfels, Maus Castle, Burg Lahneck.

3.7 miNE
Medieval castle and former prison on Rhine
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Romantic castle perched above Rhine
Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz
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Forts and castles
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5.1 miN
Picturesque 13th-century castle
Burg Lahneck, Lahnstein
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Restaurant, Forts and castles
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2.3 miSE
Forts and castles
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5.6 miN
Architecture, Church, Monastery
Allerheiligenberg Monastery, Lahnstein
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6 miSE
Scenic river valley with old castles
Rhine Gorge
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6.1 miSW
Forts and castles
Rauschenburg
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4.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Schloss Schöneck
119 min walk • Schloss Schöneck is a castle which stands on a rock outcrop in the Ehrbach Gorge in the borough of Boppard in the Hunsrück mountains of Germany.
5.5 miN
Tower
Kühkopf, Koblenz
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