Germany · Restored
Schönburg
Schönburg is a medieval hilltop castle above the town of Oberwesel in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a compact castle complex of curtain walls, a tall rectangular keep, two prominent round towers (one with a conical roof) and attached residential buildings now used as a hotel and restaurant.
First raised
1100
Its prime
1688
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1688
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a wooded rocky spur, the castle presents a compact cluster of brownish-grey sandstone buildings: a tall rectangular bergfried/keep, two massive round towers (one topped by a steep conical slate roof), crenellated curtain walls enclosing an inner courtyard, and several steeply pitched slate roofs on the residential ranges. A lower square outwork tower and flagpole guard the outer approach; paths and terraces step down the hillside toward the Rhine valley. At prime the walls and roofs are complete and intact.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1688.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Schönburg — including 1 interior: hotel and restaurant interior (interior). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Schönburg with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1688 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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