Bürresheim Castle

Bürresheim Castle
Bürresheim Castle
Location of Bürresheim Castle within Rhineland-Palatinate
General information
Type	hill castle
Architectural style	Romanesque, Baroque
Location	Sankt Johann, Mayen-Koblenz
Town or city	D-56727 Mayen-Sankt Johann
Country	Germany
Coordinates	50°21′10.5″N 7°10′46.95″E / 50.352917°N 7.1797083°E / 50.352917; 7.1797083
Elevation	280 m (919 ft)
Construction started	prior to 1157

Bürresheim Castle (German: Schloss Bürresheim) is a medieval castle northwest of Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is built on rock in the Eifel mountains above the Nette. Bürresheim Castle, Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles on the left bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate which have never been destroyed.^[1] It was inhabited until 1921 and is now a museum operated by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate.^[2]

Schloss Bürresheim has been frequently used as a film location. The castle's exteriors stood in for "Schloss Brunwald" in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), where Indiana Jones' father (played by Sean Connery) was being held captive by the Nazis.^[1]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schloss Bürresheim.

• official site
• Entry on Bürresheim Castle in EBIDAT, the databank of the European Castles Institute
• "Bürresheim Castle". Alle Burgen (in German).

Coordinates: 50°21′10″N 7°10′47″E / 50.3528°N 7.1797°E / 50.3528; 7.1797

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