Schloss Braunfels — Attraction in Braunfels

The town and stately seat of Braunfels were first mentioned in 1246. Braunfels has had town rights since 1607. In 1950 Braunfels had a population of 3,337. In the course of municipal reforms, the aforesaid constituent communities, formerly all independent villages, were amalgamated with Braunfels in 1972.

Bonbaden had its first documented mention in 772, and so celebrated 1200 years of existence in 1972. Bonbaden is therefore one of Lahn-Dill's oldest inhabited places.

Schloss Braunfels, a stately home that had been built from a castle built in the 13th century by the Counts of Nassau, served as of about 1260 as the Solms-Braunfels noble family's residential castle. After Solms Castle had been destroyed by the Rhenish League of Towns in 1384, Braunfels Castle became the seat of the Counts of Solms. Over the castle's more than 750-year-long history, building work was done many times. Particularly worthy of mention is the town and castle fire of 1679, which burnt much of Braunfels and its stately seat down. Both were then built into a Baroque residence. Schloss Braunfels was rebuilt out of materials that were still on hand. The town was given a regular marketplace, which is still preserved today and lies before...

We (2 people) arrived at the castle yesterday at 12:45 and were told that the next tour was at 13:00, but we were the only visitors and there was a minimum of 4 people to do the tour. I offered to pay for 4 tickets and the staff said it was no problem and that we could wait at the coffee shop or walk around until it was time and to see if anyone else came. We ordered coffee and cake, which was complete and paid at 13:03. The staff member stated that we could no longer do the tour due to it being 3 minutes past the hour and now had to wait another hour until 14:00. At no time did the staff member tell us we needed to start the tour exactly at 13:00 and we were present with her the entire time. No other visitors showed up and despite being ready and waiting to star the tour we were told it was no longer possible. This is very poor customer service and I would not recommend this tour due to the experience. I gave 2 stars because I walked through the museum (3 euros), which had a nice collection of items from the different time periods, including clothing, weapons,...

Beautiful castle that I can gladly recommend for a visit of any duration and the only reason is that I am giving it 4 stars is the prohibition of photography of the room where the armor and weapons from the medieval period are displayed. The room in question contains some of the most beautiful pieces of medieval armor I have seen so far including the full armor for horse and some battle flags. In the interest of full disclosure I will state here that I have visited this place only once at the time when this review is written and the full exploration has not been completed. There is a possibility that the place has changed and that this review may not correctly reflect the current situation at the site. The best course of action would be to make a visit to the location, explore as much as possible and make your own judgment. In case I visit the same location again, at some future point in time, and my opinion changes drastically, as to require the new grade, then this review will most likely be updated as well in order to reflect that change but no promise are...