Reichsburg Cochem Castle Germany Summer 2014

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Reichsburg Cochem Castle - Germany Summer 2014 • Read More: http://www.mygermancity.com/cochem-ca... • http://www.burg-cochem.de/index.php?i... • About The Reichsburg Cochem And Its History • Cochem Castle dates back to the first millennium, the year 1000 A.D. It was the home of the Palatinate counts and was built on the orders of Count Ezzo. • The first historical mention of this castle is from 1051, when it was given as a gift to a nephew, Henry I by Richeza, the oldest daughter of Ezzo and one-time Queen of Poland. • The Reichsburg Cochem was used mainly as a defensive structure. It was said that at one time, it housed as many as 40,000 knights! • The Sun King Louis XIV attacked and burned the Reichsburg to the ground in 1688. It wasn’t until 1868 that Mr. Louis Ravené, a Berlin businessman, began to reconstruct it in the Neo-Gothic style that we see today.

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