Can you visit Burg Schwarzenstein?

It is not open as a conventional sight, the building currently operates as a hotel and restaurant.

Is Burg Schwarzenstein a real medieval castle?

No, it is an artificial ruin built between 1874 and 1876 in a historicist style, with no medieval origin.

Who built Burg Schwarzenstein?

The wine merchant Hermann Mumm, to mark his family's recently granted noble title as Mumm von Schwarzenstein.

Where is Burg Schwarzenstein located?

In Johannisberg, in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district, in Hesse, overlooking the Rhine valley.

Burg Schwarzenstein (Geisenheim)

Schwarzenstein (Geisenheim) Castle

Johannisberg

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Burg Schwarzenstein (Geisenheim) stands in Johannisberg (Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis), in Hesse, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Recorded dating: 19th century. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Burg Schwarzenstein stands high above the Rhine valley near Johannisberg, with views reaching as far as Wiesbaden and Rüdesheim. Built between 1874 and 1876 for the wine merchant Hermann Mumm, it is not a medieval structure but an artificial ruin in the historicist style of the 19th century, meant to display his family's recently granted noble title. Designed by the Frankfurt architect F. Schädel, the building combined the role of a summer residence with that of an ancestral seat for the Mumm von Schwarzenstein family.

What to know

The building is not open for sightseeing in the usual sense, as it now houses a hotel and restaurants.
It is a 19th-century artificial ruin, not a genuine medieval fortress.
The site sits high above the Rhine valley, between Johannisberg and Stephanshausen.
No visiting hours, fees, or access details are published, since the premises are used as a hotel and restaurant.
The building is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Hesse.

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Where this château is

Johannisberg · Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis · Hessen

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Address

Rosengasse 32, 65366 Geisenheim-Johannisberg

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Château phone number

+49 6722 99500

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Hessen
Period of construction: 19th century

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Can you visit Burg Schwarzenstein?: It is not open as a conventional sight, the building currently operates as a hotel and restaurant.
Is Burg Schwarzenstein a real medieval castle?: No, it is an artificial ruin built between 1874 and 1876 in a historicist style, with no medieval origin.
Who built Burg Schwarzenstein?: The wine merchant Hermann Mumm, to mark his family's recently granted noble title as Mumm von Schwarzenstein.
Where is Burg Schwarzenstein located?: In Johannisberg, in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district, in Hesse, overlooking the Rhine valley.