Burg Katz
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Burg Katz is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The magnificent setting for the castle is on a ledge overlooking the Rhine. It was first built around 1371 by Count Wilhelm II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 and was re-built between 1896 - 98.
It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
[edit] Name
Though commonly known as Burg Katz, this is actually a contraction of Castle New Katzenelnbogen (German: Burg Neukatzenelnbogen) after the original Burg Katzenelnbogen.
The name translates into English as Cat Castle, and so is popularly linked with that of the nearby Burg Maus, or Mouse Castle.
[edit] In fiction
Burg Katz and its surrounds are the place of action for the Belgian comic book L'Orgue du Diable in the Yoko Tsuno series by Roger Leloup.
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