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4 Aerial photos from Mittelrheintal:
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Mouse castle was built in the 14th century. It got is name from the counts of Katzenelnbogen, who built their Burg Neukatzenelnbogen - also called Cat Castle (german: Burg Katz) - in the vicinity.
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Picture taken 1.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1104
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Stolzenfels castle was built in the 13th century, was destroyed in 1689 and
rebuilt as an royal castle by Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia in 1826.
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Picture taken 1.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1091
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Katz Castle, formerly called Neu-Katzenelnbogen, was built in the 14th century on a rock next to the famous Loreley rock. It was erected to protect Rheinfels Castle. The Castle was blown up by Napoleons troups and remained as a ruin until it became reconstructed in the 20th century.
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Picture taken 1.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1106
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