Kasselburg
Kasselburg | |
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Castilburg, Castelberch | |
Pelm | |
Coordinates | 50°14′21″N 6°41′7″E / 50.23917°N 6.68528°E |
Type | hill castle |
Code | DE-RP |
Height | 490 m above sea level (NHN) |
Site information | |
Condition | largely preserved |
Site history | |
Built | 1100 bis 1200 |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | nobility, counts, dukes |
The Kasselburg is a
Description
The
The double tower is open to the public and has a good view of the surrounding area but, despite its size, is not a bergfried (fighting tower). The latter, built around 1200, is smaller and stands in the eastern part of the inner bailey. It has a square ground plan and was turned into a tower house in the 14th century.
Also part of the inner ward is the almost 33-metre-long palas, which dates to the 14th century.
History
The castle was built in the 12th century. Its owners may have been the lords of Castel, but this is not entirely certain. The castle was first mentioned in 1291 as the Castilburg. In 1314, it is called Castelberch.
According to the current state of research, it is not clear who the owner of the castle was before 1335. However, it is certain that Gerhard V of Blankenheim became its owner following a division of inheritance in that year and thus founded the Blankenheim-Kasselburg line. In 1406, this line of Blankenheims, which had been elevated to the countship, died out with Count Gerhard VII. The castle then passed by marriage to William I of Loen and thus to Heinsberg.
Other owners followed, including the
After
At the beginning of the 20th century, the state
Literature
- Alfred Dahn: Die Kasselburg. Geschichte und heutige Verwendung. In: Eifelverein (publ.): Jahrbuch des Kreises Daun 1976. Erzählungen, Geschichten und aktuelle Daten. Weiss, Monschau 1977, ISSN 0720-6976, pp. 19ff.
- Matthias Kordel: Kasselburg. In: Die schönsten Schlösser und Burgen in der Eifel. 1st edition, Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen, 1999, ISBN 3861344823, pp. 32–33.
- Michael Losse: Kasselburg. Beitrag in: Hohe Eifel und Ahrtal (Joachim Zeune (ed.)). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart, 2003. pp. 74–77 ISBN 3806217750.
External links
- Entry on Kasselburg in European Castles Institute
- The Kasselburg at "Burgen, Schlösser, Altertümer Rheinland-Pfalz"
- "Kasselburg". Alle Burgen (in German).
- Artist's impression by Wolfgang Braun