King Rudolf awarded him with the Burghauptmannamt (Castle Lordship) of Kalsmunt Castle in Wetzlar and a year later that of Gutenfels Castle near Kaub (where he became a vassal of the Counts Palatine of the Rhine).
It was used with Pfalzgrafenstein Castle in the middle of the Rhein and the fortified city of Kaub on the far side to provide an impenetrable toll zone for the Holy Roman Emperor until Prussia purchased the area (1866) and ended this toll in 1867.
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The Burg Gutenfels (also known as castle Caub) is a castle 110m above the town of Kaub in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Burg bei Magdeburg | Teodor von Burg | Den Burg | Burg Ottenstein | Burg Gutenfels | Burg | Elizabeta Burg | Burg Kreuzenstein | Burg Hardegg | Burg Ebernburg | ''Burg Drachenfels'', and in the background ''Wolkenburg'' on an engraving |