A toll castle (German: Zollburg) is a castle that, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, guarded a customs post and was intended to control it....
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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (German: Burg Pfalzgrafenstein) is a toll castle located on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, near the bank close to Kaub, Germany...
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castle Fortified house Hill castle Hillside castle Island castle Lowland castle Ordensburg Ridge castle Spur castle Toll castle Water castle Castle features:...
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Bramstedt and Ulzburg, as well as the Gabler Road with the Karlsfried Castle as its toll station. Another form of road tax was Liniengeld, which had to be...
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toll: Castle Rock staff halved". Variety. Harris, Dana (June 19, 2000). "Telco at Castle door". Variety. Harris, Dana (2000-06-19). "Telco at Castle door"...
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Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gutenfels Castle was built in 1220. It was used with the toll castle, Pfalzgrafenstein Castle in the middle of the Rhein and the...
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Roman aqueduct or castellum aquae. It is the source of the English word "castle". Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary C. Julius Caesar...
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usual river toll charged on the Moselle at one of its toll stations. The building also had the status of a toll castle. By contrast, the castle of Pfalzgrafenstein...
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Hunting lodge Imperial castle Kaiserpfalz Landesburg Lustschloss Military base Obstacle Ordensburg Refuge castle Toll castle Urban castle By design Bastion...
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designed as toll castles that charged river tolls and were occupied only by a guard force. In Europe, several examples of bridge castles have survived...
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