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Maus Castle today

Germany · Restored

Maus Castle

Maus Castle (Burg Maus) is a medieval hill castle on the east bank of the Rhine near Sankt Goarshausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Built from the mid-14th century as a residence and toll-enforcement stronghold, it stands largely complete today after restoration and repairs following 20th-century damage.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1353

Its prime

1386

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1386

The shape it held in its prime.

A compact stone stronghold with a long, crenellated curtain wall and two rectangular residential ranges enclosing an inner ward; a tall, cylindrical bergfried rises from the uphill rear of the plan, while a shorter square tower anchors the opposite corner. Walls are of grey rubble masonry with small, regularly spaced slit and rectangular windows and low arched gateways at ground level. The castle sits on a steep, wooded Rhine-facing slope with rock outcrops behind and steeply pitched slate roofs on the service buildings.

Step inside

8 places to explore in 1386.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Maus Castle — including the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

River approach / frontal viewMain gateway in the river-facing wallInner ward / courtyardWest residential building façadeBergfried (round keep) base and towerSummit of the bergfried (viewpoint)Curtain wall and battlementsHillside path overlooking the castle

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See Maus Castle with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1386 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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