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Burg Katz is located at St. Goarshausen in the Rhineland-Palatinate. It was constructed in 1371 by Count Wilhelm II of Katzenelnbogen. The name is a pun on the word ‘Katzenelnbogen’, and translates as ‘Castle of the Cats”. The proper name is “Neukatzenelnbogen". It was built to protect the Katzenelnbogen lands and to receive tolls from merchants and travellers along the Rhine. The Spaniards besieged it in 1626, and the French tried to take it in both 1684 and 1692. It was captured by the French in 1792, and was blown up by Napoleon in 1806. The subsequent restoration was heavily influenced by the nineteenth century neo-gothic movement. At present it is privately owned and is being retrofitted as a hotel
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