BRAUBACH, an ancient little town, at the entrance of the valley that
winds round the Marksberg, with a fine old Castle, the Marksburg, a
fortress of the middle ages, one of the few ancient Rhine castles which
escaped destruction.
ST. GOARSHAUSEN is under the castle called The Cat, built in 1393, and
blown up by the French in 1804. Above is the Lurlei rock, a precipice
433 ft. high, rising over whirlpools in the deepest and narrowest part
of the Rhine, and the fabled seat of a siren who lured sailors to a
tragic death.