The German Castles Association (german: Deutsche Burgenvereinigung) or DBV is dedicated to the conservation of historic defensive and residential buildings as witnesses of history and culture and has its headquarters at

Marksburg Castle The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of the principal sites of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fortress was used for protection rather than as a residence for royal famil ...

above

Braubach Braubach is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km southeast of Koblenz. Braubach has assorted medieval architecture intact, including por ...

on the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

. It owns the organisation known as the European Castles Institute (''Europäisches Burgeninstitut'') or (EBI) whose library and archives are housed in Philippsburg Palace in Braubach. Entries in the castles inventory database EBIDAT

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External links

Website of the DBV

''Burgen and Schlosser'', Journal of the Deutsche Burgenvereinigung, archive

Databank of the European Castle Institute of the DBV

Die Faszination der mittelalterlichen Burgen
interview on the work of the DBV with Alexander Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn at Monuments online {{Authority control Non-profit organisations based in Rhineland-Palatinate Castles in Germany

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