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Sooneck Castle
Sooneck Castle. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Sooneck Castle (German: Burg Sooneck) (also known as Saneck or Sonneck, previously also known as Schloss Sonneck) is a castle in the upper middle valley of the Rhine, in the Mainz-Bingen district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located near the village of Niederheimbach between Bingen and Bacharach.

Since 2002, Sooneck Castle has been part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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