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• - The official site for this medieval hilltop castle provides an illustrated history, news and visitor information.
  
• - Photographs and short descriptions from Media Specialities.
  
• - Photographs and brief histories of the medieval Burgs Eltz and Stolpen, the Renaissance Schloss Glücksburg, the 19th-century fairy-tale Neuschwanstein and other castles by Mike Muuss.
  
• - The Hotel Burg Reichenstein describes the history of this c.1900 reconstruction of a medieval castle, now a hotel, and provides some photographs.
  
• - Descriptions and photographs of the state-owned castles of the Rheinland-Pfalz state. Tourist and contact information.
  
• - The ruins of a medieval castle are incorporated into this romantic Neo-Gothic 19th-century edifice. Visitor information, events, history and plan of the castle with pictures.
  
• - Presents plans, dates and photographs of ruined castles in the Suedpfalz.
  
• - An article in German Life by John Dornberg on the history of this area and its castles, focusing on those still habitable castles that can be visited.
  
• - A collection of photographs and very brief descriptions by Vic Freund, Centralia College.
  
• - The official site of this 19th-century fantasy castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria includes an illustrated building history, tour and biography of Ludwig.
  
• - A guide to the castles on the Rhine between Bingen and Ruedesheim, with evocative photographs and visitor information. Includes a map and light-hearted psychological test to find your type of castle.