Brömserburg Castle
Brömserburg Castle near Rüdesheim am Rhein was originally situated directly on the banks of the Rhine, and although it had a moat, it was not surrounded by water. It is not known when the castle outside the town centre of Rüdesheim was built, but in the 12th century, the first additions were made. After the family line of the Knights of Rüdesheim died out, it passed into the possession of the Brömser family in the 13th century. Parts of it were then destroyed around 1640.
Based on a design by Georg Moller, the Count of Ingelheim turned the castle into a romantic residence for noble families after 1811. Today, it houses the museum of local history and culture and a wine museum.
- Brömserburg near Rüdesheim. Source: LAD
- Boosenburg in Rüdesheim. Source: LAD
The mighty rectangular, quarry-stone fortress encloses a constricted courtyard with two towers that barely reach above the height of the castle. One of the special characteristics of the building is the vaulted rooms that extend above the cellar, reaching as high as three stories.
Directly above the Brömserburg (the lower castle), is the upper castle, known as the Boosenburg. It was built in the 10th, 11th, or 12th century as the residence of the Foxes of Rüdesheim, a noble family, and passed on to the counts of the Boos von Waldeck family in 1474 and to the counts of the von Schönborn-Wiesentheid family in 1830.
The residential buildings and domestic offices were taken down, and the tower was strengthened and raised. After 1860, wine merchant J. B. Sturm had rectangular shaped wine cellars set up in the former ditches.
The battlement-studded square tower rises above the castle vineyard and can be seen from afar.