Schloss Marienfels, Gothic Revival palace in Remagen, Germany
Schloss Marienfels is a neo-Gothic manor house on a hillside above the Rhine in Remagen. The property comprises eighteen rooms covering around 800 square meters (8,600 square feet) of living space and sits in a wooded park of roughly ten hectares (25 acres).
Sugar manufacturer Eduard Frings from Krefeld purchased the site on the ridge and had the building constructed in 1859 according to plans by Carl Schnitzler. The neo-Gothic design matched the romantic spirit of the era in Prussia at that time.
The name refers to the statue of Mary that the first owner placed on the hillside below. The building still shows neo-Gothic forms with pointed towers and battlements that recall a medieval fortress.
The property lies on the left bank of the Rhine between the Bundesstrasse 9 road and the Cologne–Koblenz railway line. The wooded park provides shade and a quiet setting for a walk.
Below the building stands a large statue of Mary that the first owner had erected. According to a local legend, the devil lived in a cave in the mountain, and the statue was meant to keep him away.
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