Mosburg Castle (Ruin) (Wiesbaden-Biebrich)

The origins of the Mosburg date back to a royal palace called Biburc, which existed in the 11th century and was initiated by Louis the German. In the 13th century, a moated castle is said to have stood on this site. A comital Nassau manor house is mentioned in 1462. From 1654, ownership passed to the Swedish envoy Penz von Penzau. In the early 19th century, Duke Friedrich August of Nassau acquired the remains of the buildings. He commissioned Carl Florian Goetz to construct a neo-Gothic residential castle on the old foundations, which was completed between 1805 and 1806. Materials from Mainz's Liebfrauenkirche were used for the construction. This mock ruin served the Nassau dukes as a retreat and temporarily housed epitaphs from Eberbach Monastery.