Stolzenfels Castle is a former medieval fortress castle ("Burg") turned into a palace, near Koblenz on the left bank of the Rhine, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Stolzenfels was a ruined 13th-century castle, gifted to the Prussian crown prince, Frederick William in 1823. He had it rebuilt as a 19th-century palace in Gothic Revival style. Today, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
Stolzenfels Castle
Guard house
Castle chapel
View of the Rhine through one of the stained glass windows
Koblenz is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multinational tributary.
View of the Deutsches Eck and Koblenz Old Town
Koblenz in the 16th century
Josef Friedrich Matthes in 1923 in Koblenz during the short lived Rhenish Republic
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in the background