Burg Eltz

This brief video features several lovely sights along the Mosel River in Germany, including the Reichsburg Cochem (which was highlighted in a previous post), but particularly focusses on mighty Burg Eltz, one of the greatest of all German castles, and certainly the greatest that is an authentic medieval Gothic structure rather than a Neo-Gothic rebuild.

Still in the possession of the von Eltz family, the castle lies deep within the German Urwald, just like in a fairy-tale, yet its fortress-like towers and turrets, built for practical defensive purposes, give it a distinctively masculine character.



Burg Eltz: Official Site

Reichsburg Cochem

This short 1999 promotional film showcases the Reichsburg -- the Imperial Castle of the town of Cochem.

Situated along the Mosel River, this Neo-Gothic masterpiece is a 19th-century rebuild of a sublime medieval structure, and is one of the most beautiful castles in Germany.

The video is divided into two parts. Part one:



Part two:



Reichsburg Cochem: Official Site