Rheinstein Castle near Bingen on the Rhine. This castle is now privately owned and open to visitors. The owners use the entrance fees to restore and maintain the castle. In 1816, the ruins of the castle caught the eye of the Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel - the Rhine province had been placed under Prussia a year earlier by the Congress of Vienna. The latter drew up plans for the romanticised reconstruction of the castle, which prompted Prince Frederick of Prussia to purchase it in 1823. It was thus the first of the ruined or destroyed Rhine castles to be rebuilt. In 1863, Prince George of Prussia inherited the castle. Prince Frederick of Prussia was buried in the crypt of the chapel in 1863, his wife Princess Luise in 1882 and their joint son Prince Georg in 1902. I hope you enjoy my work about the romantic Rhine Valley with Rheinstein Castle.
Since my childhood I paint and draw. Early on I was also interested in technology and history. Like many artists, I am very rarely satisfied with my works. One strives for perfection, tries to at least come close to it.
On many journeys here in Europe and North Africa..
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