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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

1327 · 14th century

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle is a toll castle on a small island in the Rhine near Kaub, Germany. Louis IV the Bavarian built its tower in 1326–1327 to collect river tolls, and a surrounding curtain wall was added soon after. It remained a toll station of the counts palatine and their successors into the nineteenth century, and is now part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site.

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle — Image: Jörg Braukmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pfalzgrafenstein Castle. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pfalzgrafenstein-castle
MLA: “Pfalzgrafenstein Castle.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pfalzgrafenstein-castle. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Pfalzgrafenstein Castle.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pfalzgrafenstein-castle.
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