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Eltville Castle
Eltville Castle (Burg Eltville) is an urban castle in Eltville am Rhein in the Hesse, Hessian county of Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Rheingau-Taunus and is the symbol of the town. In German the castle is also known as the ''Kurfürstliche Burg'' (''Elector's Castle''). History In 1301 an older tower castle on the same spot was destroyed in the "Toll War" (''Zollkrieg''). After the election of the Archbishop of Trier, Baldwin of Luxembourg, as List of bishops of Mainz, Archbishop of Mainz in 1328 by the cathedral chapter of Mainz, and the simultaneous appointment of Heinrich von Virneburg, Henry of Virneburg to the same office by the Pope, Eltville became a bishop's residence since there were two contenders for the same archepiscopal seat. Construction of the castle under Archbishop Baldwin began in 1330 and was completed in 1345. Further building work was carried out until 1419; this included internal modifications to the tower house. The castle was destroyed by the Swedes in 1635 du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eltville Am Rhein
Eltville am Rhein (; from ''Alta Villa'', Latin for "high estate, high town", corrupted to ''Eldeville'', ''Elfeld'' and later Eltville ) is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies on the German Timber-Frame Road ('). Eltville is the largest town in the Rheingau. It bears the nicknames ''Weinstadt'', ''Sektstadt'', ''Rosenstadt'' and since 2006 also ''Gutenbergstadt''. Some of Germany's most famous vineyards (Steinberg, Rauenthaler Baiken, Erbacher Marcobrunn) are found within Eltville's municipal limits. Geography Location Eltville, which belongs culturally to the Rheingau region, lies on the Rhine, River Rhine, 12 km west-southwest of Wiesbaden. Neighbouring municipalities Eltville borders in the north on the municipalities of Schlangenbad and Kiedrich, in the east on the district-free city of Wiesbaden and the municipality of Walluf, in the south – separated by the Rhine – on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
