Cochem Castle

The last day of my parent's trip we decided to go to Cochem Castle before I dropped them off in Frankfurt. It is such an amazing castle inside and out and the views are incredible! Info found on the internet: It is generally assumed that Cochem Castle was built around the year 1000. When the troupes of King Louis XIV (called Sun King) invaded the Rhine and the Moselle area in the war of succession of the Palatinate, Cochem castle, too, was occupied in 1688. After the town had been completely occupied by French troupes in March 1689, the castle was set on fire, undermined and blown up on May 19th of 1689. The castle remained in ruins until 1868, when a Berlin business- man, Mr. Louis Ravené, bought the castle grounds and the ruins. Shortly after his purchase he began to rebuild Cochem Castle incorporating the remains of the late Gothic buildings into the main castle structure.