Boosenburg Castle

The Boosenburg or Oberburg is a lowland castle on the right bank of the Rhine Valley just above the Brömserburg in Rüdesheim am Rhein in the Rheingau-Taunus district in Hesse.

The two-tiered, very high keep was surrounded by a cube-shaped structure in which the entrance was located. The buildings were secured by a curtain wall and a nine-meter-wide moat. In the late Middle Ages, additional residential buildings were erected.

The castle was probably built in the 12th century as the seat of the Knights Fuchs von Rüdesheim.

In 1407, the castle was inherited by the Brömser von Rüdesheim and was then owned by the Boos von Waldeck from 1474 to 1830.

In 1830, it passed to the Counts of Schönborn-Wiesntheid, who had all buildings except the tower demolished in 1838. The tower was raised and provided with neo-Gothic battlements. After 1860, the new lord of the castle - the wine merchant Baptist Sturm - had the moat vaulted over to create a wine cellar. His widow had a neo-Gothic villa built in 1872 according to designs by the architect Franz Schädel.

Since 1938, the castle has been owned by the Carl Jung winery.