List of castles in the Eifel
This is a list of Early Modern Period. The list covers the area bounded by the cities of Aachen, Bonn, Koblenz and Trier, and extends in places into Luxembourg and Belgium.
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Monschau Castle | Monschau | AC | NRW | Hill castle | 13th century | Largely preserved, today youth hostel, old people's home | |
Haller | Monschau | AC | NRW | Hill castle, tower house | Probably 13th century | Ruins | |
Reichenstein Abbey | Monschau | AC | NRW | Hill castle | 11th century | Nothing has survived, 1131/36 gifted to Premonstratensian order due to its unfavourable strategic location, abbey built over it
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Meyssenburg | Huppenbroich | AC | NRW | motte
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Probably 14th century | Only the experienced eye can recognise the remains. | |
Nideggen Castle | Nideggen | DN | NRW | Hill castle | 1177 | Largely preserved, restaurant, castle museum | |
Baarsberg, Burgwall | Bongard | DAU | RP | Celtic 60 m long and c. 7 m high defensive bank, cistern[1] | c. 500 BC | Today only gravel heaps, cisterns filled in | Image wanted |
Nideggen town fortifications | Nideggen | DN | NRW | Town gates, town wall | Largely preserved | ||
Bourscheid Castle | Burscheid | Canton of Diekirch | L | Hill castle | Around 1000 | Partially survived | |
Schloss Burgau | Niederau | DN | NRW | Water castle | Before 13th century | Destroyed in the Second World War, rebuilt | |
Bertradaburg | Mürlenbach | DAU | RP | Hill castle, hill spur site | Early Middle Ages, first recorded in the 13th century | Restored, largely preserved | |
Burghaus Adenau | Adenau | AW | RP | Image wanted | |||
Adenbach Castle | Ahrweiler
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AW | RP | Lowland castle, urban location | The castle goes back to a manor house in the late Middle Ages | Became a hotel in the late 1980s | |
Ahrweiler town fortification | Ahrweiler
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AW | RP | ||||
Adendorf Castle | Wachtberg | SU | NRW | Water castle, lowland castle | 1655–1670 | Preserved, no public access | |
Manor house of Altendorf Castle | Altendorf | SU | NRW | Knight's seat | |||
Alte Burg | Lommersdorf | EU | NRW | Spur castle | Late Middle Ages | A few remains | Image wanted |
Alte Burg | Kerpen
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DAU | RP | Image wanted | |||
Alte Burg | Insul | AW | RP | Image wanted | |||
Alte Burg | Reifferscheid | AW | RP | Image wanted | |||
Altburg (Altenburg; Burg Altendaun; Alte Burg; Aldenburg; Alteburg; Alt-Dune) | Schalkenmehren | DAU | RP | Image wanted | |||
Andernach Castle | Andernach | MYK | RP | ||||
Town fortification of Andernach | Andernach | MYK | RP | ||||
Burgus | Bodenbach | DAU | RP | Image wanted | |||
Altenburg | Blankenheimerdorf | EU | NRW | Lowland castle, motte | 13th century | Partly preserved | Image wanted |
Zehnbachhaus | Blankenheimerdorf | EU | NRW | Motte | Image wanted | ||
Austrian defensive line with ‘’ schanzen ’’
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Blankenheimerdorf | EU | NRW | Image wanted | |||
Are Castle | Altenahr | AW | RP | Hill castle | Probably 1100 | Ruins | |
Aremberg Castle | Aremberg | AW | RP | Hill castle | First mentioned in 1166 | ruins | |
Haus Amstenrath | Eynatten | Canton of Eupen | B | Water castle | First mentioned in 1430 | Preserved | |
Arloff Castle | Arloff | EU | NRW | Water castle | Early Gothic | Largely preserved | |
Arras Castle | Alf
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COC | RP | Hill castle | Around 1100 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Schloss Bassenheim | Bassenheim | MYK | RP | ||||
Bodendorf Castle | Bad Bodendorf
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AW | RP | Water castle | 13th century | Partly preserved, rebuilt in the 17th century | |
Coraidelstein Castle | Klotten | COC | RP | Hill castle, hillside location | 960 (disputed) | Ruins | |
Burghaus Gymnich | Altenahr | AW | RP | Burghaus | Probably 14th century | Image wanted | |
Münstereifel Castle | Bad Münstereifel | EU | NRW | Hillside castle | 13th/14th century | Considerable elements have survived | |
Münstereifel town fortifications | Bad Münstereifel | EU | NRW | town wall, towers | Spuren seit der Mittelsteinzeit, erste Siedlungsspuren Jungsteinzeit. | Town wall fully preserved, restored | |
Berenstein Castle
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Bergstein | DN | NRW | Hill castle | 1090 | ’‘Burgstall’’ | |
Schloss Bekond | Bekond | TR | RP | Water castle | 1635, 1710 expanded | Preserved | Image wanted |
Castle Bell | Bell | MYK | RP | castellum, fortified farmhouse | 1263 | Partially preserved | Image wanted |
Bewershof | Nideggen | DN | NRW | Manor house | 17th – 18th century | Preserved | |
Castle Mechernich | Berg | EU | NRW | Water castle | Around 1200 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Bitburg town wall | Bitburg | BIT | RP | town wall: Roman to mediaeval | From the 4th century | Remains | Image wanted |
Blankenheim Castle | Blankenheim
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EU | NRW | Hill castle | 1115 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Blankenheim valley fortification | Blankenheim
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EU | NRW | ||||
Schloss Burgbrohl | Castlebrohl | AW | RP | Destroyed1689, greatly expanded in the 18th century | Preserved | ||
Binningen Castle | Binningen
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COC | RP | Castle (?) | !7th century (?) | Remains | Image wanted |
Bischofstein Castle | Münstermaifeld | MYK | RP | Spur castle | 1273 (older castle) | 1930 new castle built | |
Blens Castle | Blens | DN | NRW | Hill castle | Around 1100 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
BruchCastle | Bruch
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WIT | RP | Water castle, lowland castle | 14th century | Considerable elements have survived | |
Schloss Bürresheim
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St. Johann | MYK | RP | Spur castle, upland location | 12th century | in original build state preserved | |
Settlement defences of Bad Bodendorf | Bad Bodendorf
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AW | RP | Image wanted | |||
Bollendorf Castle | Bollendorf | BIT | RP | Lowland castle | c. 700 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Former water castle of Embken | Embken | DN | NRW | Water castle | 16th to 18th century | Remodelled several times, preserved | |
Lantershofen Castle | Lantershofen | AW | RP | 1376/1708 | |||
Pissenheim Castle | Muldenau | DN | NRW | Lowland castle | 1500 roughly | Considerable elements have survived | |
Burghaus Burgsahr | Kirchsahr | AW | RP | 17th century | Preserved | ||
Burberg, Roman hillfort | Burberg | DAU | RP | Image wanted | |||
Dasburg | Dasburg | BIT | RP | Hill castle | 13th century | Wall remains | |
Schloss Clerf
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Clerf
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Canton of Clerf | L | Schlossburg | 12th century or earlier | Largely destroyed by German troops in 1944; rebuilding agreed in 1994 | |
Cochem Castle
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Cochem | COC | RP | Imperial hill castle | Around 1100. Destroyed in the 17th century, rebuilt 1868–1877 | Neogothic style, preserved | |
Schloss Bracht | Bracht | Canton of St. Vith | B | Schloss | 1782–1785 | Preserved | |
Town fortification of Cochem | Cochem | COC | RP | ||||
Daun Castle with Burgmann houses, courtyard and Waldenhof | Daun
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DAU | RP | Hill castle | Around 1000 | Destroyed and rebuilt several, preserved: enceinte, bastion towerlets. It could have been built over a Celtic refuge castle dating to 700 BC | |
Densborn Castle | Densborn | DAU | RP | Castle | No later than the 13th century | Partially ruined | Image wanted |
Schloss Dodenburg | Dodenburg | WIT | RP | Water castle, | 16th century, altered in 1891 into the style of the German Renaissance | Preserved | |
Dohm Castle | Dohm-Lammersdorf | DAU | RP | Castle, possibly a water castle | Remains of the enceinte | Image wanted | |
Dollendorf Castle | Blankenheim (Ahr)
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EU | NRW | Hill castle | Around 893 | Wall and tower remains | |
Dreiser Burg | Dreis-Brück | DAU | RP | Burghaus | 1579 | Fully preserved and restored, in private ownership, private residences | |
Dreimühlen Castle | Ahütte
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DAU | RP | Hill castle | 13th century | Ruins | |
Dreiborn Castle | Dreiborn | EU | RP | Water castle | Middle Ages | Preserved | |
Schloss Dreis | Dreis | WIT | RP | Two-and-a-half storey, multi-winged building | 1774 | Image wanted | |
Drove Castle | Drove
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DN | NRW | Water castle, lowland castle | 1728–1741 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Motte near Drove | Drove
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DN | NRW | Motte | First mentioned in 13th century | Destroyed 1643 to 1673, demolished in the 19th century today only a motte hill[2] | |
Dudeldorf Castle | Dudeldorf | BIT | RP | Urban location | 1100–1200 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Town fortifications of Dudeldorf | Dudeldorf | BIT | RP | Town wall, town gate | 1345 | Partly preserved | |
Schloss Eicks | Eicks | EU | NRW | Water castle | 1344 | 1365 destroyed, 1680 rebuilt with the old materials | |
Eltz Castle | Wierschem | MYK | RP | Hill castle | From the 12th century | Fully preserved | |
Entersburg | Hontheim | WIL | RP | Spur castle | From the 11th century | 1138 destroyed, burgstall, a few remains | Image wanted |
Eyneburg
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Hergenrath | Canton of Eupen | B | Hill castle | First mentioned in 1260 | Preserved | |
Falkenstein Castle | Waldhof-Falkenstein | BIT | RP | Hill castle, hill spur site | First half of the 12th century | Considerable elements have survived | |
Firmenich Castle | Firmenich | EU | NRW | Urban location | 1500 to 1600 | Considerable elements have survived | Image wanted |
Freilingen Castle | Freilingen | DAU | RP | Lowland castle, urban location | 14th century | Demolished, burgstall | Image wanted |
Roman (Celtic?) refuge castle | Auw an der Kyll | BIT | RP | Between Auw and Priest | Image wanted | ||
Freudenkoppe | Neroth | DAU | RP | Hill castle | 1337–1340 | Ruins | |
Freudenstein Castle | Brockscheid | DAU | RP | 1340 | The foundations may be found half way to Liesertal | Image wanted | |
Schloss Föhren | Föhren | TR | RP | Castle | 1340, converted in 1663 | Preserved | |
Schloss Gelsdorf | Gelsdorf | AW | NRW | Schloss | 13th century, schloss since 1766 | Restored 1980s to 1990s, in private ownership | |
Genovevaburg | Mayen | MYK | RP | Castle, schloss | First mentioned in 1281 | Largely preserved, Eifel Museum and German Slate Museum | |
Gerolstein Castle | Gerolstein | DAU | RP | Hill castle | 110–1200 | Wall remains, tower remains | |
Settlement defences of Gerolstein | Gerolstein | DAU | RP | Image wanted | |||
Circular rampart | Borler | DAU | RP | Circular rampart | Probably early Celtic | Image wanted | |
Dietzenley circular rampart | Gerolstein | DAU | RP | Iron Age circular rampart | Remains | Image wanted | |
Circular rampart on the Hardtberg | Heilenbach | BIT | RP | Circular rampart, Celtic? | Image wanted | ||
Gödersheim Castle | Wollersheim | DN | NRW | Water castle | First mentioned in 1343 | Remains of the enceinte and the very overshaped gateway | |
Haus Gronau | Hürtgenwald | DN | NRW | Water castle | c. 17th or 18th century | Preserved | |
Gudenau Castle | Wachtberg | SU | NRW | Water castle | 120–1250 | Preserved | |
Schloss Hamm | Hamm
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BIT | RP | Hill castle | 11th century | Destroyed by fire in 1945 behind the façade; rebuilt in the 1960s | |
Hardtburg | Stotzheim | EU | NRW | Water castle, lowland castle | 11th or 12th century | Well preserved ruins | |
Hartelstein Castle | Schwirzheim | BIT | RP | Image wanted | |||
Hausen Castle | Hausen | DN | NRW | Water castle | Before 1348 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Hengebach Castle | Heimbach
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EU | NRW | Hill castle | Before 1348 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Haus Heppingen (Schloss Metternich) | Heppingen | AW | RP | Former water castle | Image wanted | ||
Settlement defences of Heimersheim | Heimersheim | AW | RP | Image wanted | |||
Heistard Castle | Holzheim | EU | NRW | Water castle, lowland castle | Around 1333 | Round tower | |
Hillesheim Castle | Hillesheim
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DAU | RP | Castle | Before 1306 | No remains survive above ground | Image wanted |
Town fortification of Hillesheim | Hillesheim
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DAU | RP | No later than the 2nd half of the 13th century | Considerable remains survive | ||
Holzheim Castle | Heistern | DN | NRW | Lowland castle | 1333 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Hüngersdorf Castle | Hüngersdorf | DAU | RP | Probably 13th century | ’‘Burgstall’’ | Image wanted | |
Icorigium, Roman castrum | Jünkerath | DAU | RP | Kastell | Beginn 4th century | No above ground remains survive | |
Roman castrum | Bitburg | BIT | RP | Image wanted | |||
Johanniterkomturei | Adenau | AW | RP | Manor house and domestic courtyard | No later than the 12th century | Partly preserved, today used for events | Image wanted |
Johanniterkomturei | Roth an der Our | BIT | RP | Komturei/Kommende des Templerordens | First half of the 12th century | Destroyed several times during the 12th century, converted and rebuilt in 1962 | |
Schloss Jünkerath (Glaader Burg) | Jünkerath | DAU | RP | Converted in 1726–1737 | Razed in 1737 after a lightning strike | Wall remains | |
Manderschscheidsche Burg Kail | Oberkail | BIT | RP | Water castle | 1340 | 1809 partly demolished | Image wanted |
Kallmuth Castle | Kallmuth | EU | NRW | Lowland castle | 13th century | Preserved | |
Celtic circular rampart | Steineberg | DAU | RP | Circular rampart | 500 or 300 to 100 BC | Image wanted | |
Celtic refuge castle of Hicastel | Olmscheid | BIT | RP | Refuge castle and Roman fortification | 6th century BC | Image wanted | |
Celtic refuge castle | Schönecken | BIT | RP | refuge castle | 400 BC to 100 AD | Dolomite blocks | Image wanted |
Kemplon Castle | Cochem | COC | RP | Image wanted | |||
Kasselburg | Meuspath | AW | RP | Image wanted | |||
Kasselburg | Pelm | DAU | RP | Hill castle | 1100 to 1200 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Katzenberg Hillfort, Roman watchtower | Mayen | MYK | RP | Image wanted | |||
Kastellberg, Burgwall | Hörschhausen | DAU | RP | Image wanted | |||
Town fortification | Mayen | MYK | RP | ||||
Kempenich Castle | Kempenich | AW | RP | Hill castle | First mentioned around 1200 | Partly destroyed, partly rebuilt | Image wanted |
Kerpen Castle | Kerpen
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DAU | RP | Hill castle, hill spur site | Around 1150 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Valley fortification | Kerpen
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DAU | RP | Image wanted | |||
Early mediaeval castle and Salian period tower castle
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Kerpen
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DAU | RP | Castle | 10th and 11th centuries | Image wanted | |
Kinheim Castle | Kinheim | WIT | RP | Castle | 12th century | Remains, tower | Image wanted |
Kirspenich Castle | Kirspenich | EU | NRW | Water castle | Second half of the 12th century | Considerable elements have survived | |
Klüsserath Castle | Klüsserath | TR | RP | Water castle | 12th to 13th century, cellar from the 7th century | Preserved | |
Schloss Knoppenburg urspr. „Hof auf der Heyde“ |
Neudorf | Canton of Eupen | B | 16th century | Preserved | ||
Niederburg, Kobern | Kobern-Gondorf | MYK | RP | Hill castle | Ruins | ||
Oberburg, Kobern | Kobern-Gondorf | MYK | RP | Hill castle | Partly preserved | ||
Kommern Castle | Kommern | EU | NRW | Hill castle, urban location | Around 1350 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Kordel Fortress | Kordel
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TR | RP | Image wanted | |||
Kreuzberg Castle | Kreuzberg
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AW | RP | Hill castle | From the 14th century, remodelled several times | Considerable elements have survived | |
Schloss Kewenig | Körperich | BIT | RP | Water castle | First mentioned in 1231 | Fell into ruin in 1816 and was expanded from 1890 to 1891. Suffered enormous damage in a fire in 2013 | Image wanted |
Kronenburg | Kronenburg | EU | NRW | Castle and settlement defences | 13th century | Ruins | |
Kreuzau Castle | Kreuzau | DN | NRW | Hill castle | Around 1330 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Kyllburg | Kyllburg | BIT | RP | Hill castle, urban location | 1239 | Partly preserved | |
Laach Castle | Kruft | MYK | RP | Hill castle, hill spur site, motte | 11th century | ’‘Burgstall’’ | Image wanted |
Laufenburg | Langerwehe | DN | NRW | Hill castle | Before 1100 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Landskron Castle | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler | AW | RP | ||||
Schloss Liebieg | Kobern-Gondorf | MYK | RP | Lower ward | Built 1255–1272 as a castle | Remodelled, restored, in private ownership | |
town wall of Ediger | Ediger-Eller | COC | RP | Town fortification | From 1362 | ||
Lehmen Castle | Lehmen | MYK | P | 18th century | 18th century | Image wanted | |
Lehmen Tower House | Ediger-Eller | COC | RP | Fortified Romanesque tower house | 1233/34 | Ruins | |
Lindweiler Castle | Lindweiler | EU | NRW | Water castle | Probably 13th century | niedergelegt | Image wanted |
Lissingen Castle | Gerolstein | DAU | RP | Water castle | 13th century | Fully preserved | |
Ließem Castle | Ließem
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BIT | RP | tower castle | 1353 | Several remodellings, partly preserved | Image wanted |
Schloss Lieser | Lieser | WIT | RP | Schloss | 1884–1887 on the site of the 1710 manor house | Preserved | |
Schloss Lontzen | Lontzen | Canton of Eupen | B | Before 1286 | |||
Löwenburg
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Monreal | MYK | RP | Hill castle, hill spur site | 13th century | Ruins | |
Phillipsburg | Monreal | MYK | RP | Hill castle, hill spur site | 13th century | Ruins | |
Lower ward and valley fortification of Manderscheid | Manderscheid | WIT | RP | Hill castle | 1133 or 1173 | Ruins | |
Upper ward of Manderscheid | Manderscheid | WIT | RP | Hill castle | 1141–1146 | Ruins | |
Mauel Castle | Gemünd | EU | NRW | Lowland castle ? | First mentioned in 1353 | Location uncertain, no remains, built over | Image wanted |
Settlement defences of Monreal | Monreal | MYK | RP | Image wanted | |||
Schloss Monaise | Euren
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TR | RP | Schloss | 1779–1783 | Preserved | |
Martberg, Celtic oppidum | Pommern
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COC | RP | Image wanted | |||
Münchhausen Castle | Wachtberg | SU | NRW | Water castle, lowland castle | 893 | Largely preserved | |
Musweiler Water Castle | Musweiler | WIT | RP | Water castle | Image wanted | ||
Town fortifications of Münstermaifeld | Münstermaifeld | MYK | RP | Image wanted | |||
Lower Castle, Antweiler | Antweiler | EU | NRW | Water castle | 16th century | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Schloss Malberg | Malberg
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BIT | RP | Schloss | Predecessor demolished in 1203, new castle built in 1224, converted in 1588 | ||
Mirbach Castle | Mirbach | DAU | RP | On the remains of historical foundation walls an artificial ruin was built. | Image wanted | ||
Fortress Mont Royal | Traben-Trarbach | WIT | RP | Fortress | 1687 to 1698 | Ruins, a few wall remains | |
Schloss Merkelshausen | Oberpierscheid | BIT | RP | Hunting lodge | 1892 to 1893 | Image wanted | |
Schloss Merode | Merode | DN | NRW | Water castle | First mentioned in 1170 | Heavily damaged in a major fire in 2000, but rebuilt | |
Namedy Castle | Namedy | MYK | RP | Water castle, baroque schloss | 14th century | Preserved | |
Neuenahr Castle | Bad Neuenahr
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AW | RP | Hill castle | Around 1225 | Ruins | Image wanted |
Neublankenheim Castle | Leudesdorf | DAU | NRW | Hill castle | 13th or 14th century | Ruins | |
Neuerburg | Neuerburg | BIT | RP | Hill castle, hillside location | 892 / 1132 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Neuerburg | Neuerburg, Wittlich | WIT | RP | Hill castle | 1140–1146 | Ruins, remains | Image wanted |
Neuweiler Castle | Blankenheim
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EU | NRW | Hill castle | 11th century | A few remains | Image wanted |
Niederbettingen Castle | Niederbettingen | DAU | RP | Hill castle | No later than the 13th century | Ruins | Image wanted |
Schloss Niederweis | Niederweis | BIT | RP | 1551 | Preserved | ||
Bettingen Castle | Bettingen
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BIT | RP | Castle | 13th century | Ruins | Image wanted |
Settlement defences | Niederbettingen | DAU | RP | Partly water castle | Remains of the enceinte of the high mediaeval, former water castle | Image wanted | |
Nürburg
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Nürburg | AW | RP | Hill castle, summit location | Around 1166 | Ruins | |
Schloss Oberhausen | Oberhausen | Canton of St. Vith | B | Schloss | 18th century | Preserved | Image wanted |
Schloss Oberehe | Oberehe | DAU | RP | ||||
Odenhausen Castle | Wachtberg-Berbum | SU | NRW | Hill castle (water castle) with motte in front | 1000–1100 | Preserved | |
Olbrück Castle | Niederdürenbach | AW | RP | Hill castle | Around 1100 | Ruins | |
Ouren Castle | Ouren
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Canton of St. Vith | B | Hill castle, urban location | 12th century | Ruins | |
Schloss Marienfels | Remagen | AW | RP | Neogothic | 1859 | Preserved | |
Palatinateel Castle | Palatinateel | TR | RP | Castle | 1131–1152 over a Roman palatiolum
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Reduced to ashes several times, rebuilt, a few remains | Image wanted |
Town fortification/ Palatinateel Fortress | Palatinateel | TR | RP | Image wanted | |||
Prüm Castle | Prüm | BIT | RP | Residence and Benedictine monastery
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Image wanted | ||
Prümerburg | Prümzurlay | BIT | RP | Hill castle | Around 1100 to 1200 | Ruins | |
Pützfeld Castle | Ahrbrück | AW | RP | Lowland castle | Around 1222 | Wall remains | Image wanted |
Pyrmont Castle | Roes | COC | RP | Hill castle | End of the 12th century | Survives in places, safety work, rebuilding underway | |
Quinter Schloss | Quint
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TR | RP | Schloss | 18th century | Preserved | |
Ramstein Castle | Kordel
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TR | RP | Hill castle | Original built in the 10th century, new castle built in the 14th century | Ruins | |
Reetz Castle | Reetz | EU | NRW | Burghaus | 16th century | Preserved | Image wanted |
Raaf Castle | Eynatten | Canton of Eupen | B | Water castle | 14, century | Ruins | |
Raeren Castle | Raeren | Canton of Eupen | B | Water castle | Around 1350 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Haus Raeren | Raeren | Canton of Eupen | B | Water castle | 14th century | survives in its original state, in private ownership | |
Reifferscheid Castle | Reifferscheid | EU | NRW | Hill castle | First mentioned in 1106 | Ruins | |
Reifferscheid valley fortification | Reifferscheid | EU | NRW | Image wanted | |||
Siege castle against Reifferscheid | Reifferscheid | EU | NRW | Image wanted | |||
Reinhardstein Castle | Ovifat | Canton of Malmedy | B | Hill castle | 1354 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Reuland Castle | Burg-Reuland | Canton of St. Vith | B | Hill castle, urban location | 11th to 12th century | Ruins | |
Circular rampart | Weinersheim
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BIT | RP | Circular rampart | Image wanted | ||
Ripsdorf Castle | Ripsdorf | EU | NRW | Probably 13th century | ’‘Burgstall’’ | Image wanted | |
Rittersdorf Castle | Rittersdorf
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BIT | RP | Lowland castle, urban location | 1263 | Preserved | |
Rohr Castle | Rohr | EU | NRW | Urban location | Probably 13th century | ’‘Burgstall’’, a few remains | Image wanted |
Rolandseck Castle | Rolandswerth | AW | RP | Hill castle | 1122, perhaps 1040 | Ruins, castle destroyed in 1445 | |
Saffenburg | Mayschoß | AW | RP | Hill castle | Around 1047 | Ruins | |
Satzvey Castle | Satzvey
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EU | NRW | Water castle | 12th century | Preserved | |
Schloss Schleiden | Schleiden | EU | NRW | Hill castle | 12th century | Preserved | |
valley fortification of Schleiden | Schleiden | EU | NRW | Image wanted | |||
Schmidtheim Castle | Schmidtheim
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EU | NRW | Castle | 12th century | Foundation walls | Image wanted |
Schloss Schmidtheim | Schmidtheim
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EU | NRW | Water castle | Between 16 und 18th century | Tower house has survived | |
Haus Schneidhausen | Kreuzau | DN | NRW | Herrensitz | 1743 | Preserved | |
Schönecken Castle | Schönecken | BIT | RP | Hill castle | Around 1230 | Ruins | |
Schwedenfeste (Bauernburg) | Kirchweiler | DAU | RP | 1743 | Image wanted | ||
Seinsfeld Castle | Seinsfeld | BIT | RP | Water castle | Around 1325 | Considerable elements have survived | |
Simonskall Castle | Simonskall | DN | NRW | Lowland castle | 1643 | ||
Schloss Thor | Astenet | Canton of Eupen | B | 14th century | Preserved | ||
Tomburg Castle | Wormersdorf
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SU | NRW | Hill castle | Around 900 | Ruins, remains of the bergfried, castle well | |
Town fortification of Remagen | Remagen | AW | RP | town wall etc. | From the 1357 | Parts still visible | |
Stockem Castle | Eupen | Canton of Eupen | B | Lowland castle | 18th to 19th century | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Stolzenburg | Between Urft
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EU | NRW | Hill castle | Ruins | ||
Stolberg Castle | Stolberg | AC | NRW | Hill castle | 12th century | Destroyed and rebuilt several times, survives today | |
Stromberg | Nähe Ripsdorf | EU | NRW | Hill castle, motte | Remains, could go back to the Celtic era | Image wanted | |
Tandel Castle | Tandel | Canton of Vianden | L | Hill castle | 7th–9th century wooden structure, 10the century castle built | Remodelled several times, expanded, ruins | |
Trutzeltz Castle | Wierschem | MYK | RP | ||||
Castles of Ulmen | Ulmen
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COC | RP | Hill castle | 12th to 13th century | Ruins | |
Ulmen valley fortification | Ulmen
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COC | RP | Image wanted | |||
Untermaubach Castle | Kreuzau | DN | NRW | Hill castle | 1350 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Castle Obermaubach | Kreuzau | DN | NRW | Motte and bailey castle | 1152 | Hardly any remains survive | Image wanted |
Viereckschanze | Eisenach
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BIT | RP | späte Latènezeit | Image wanted | ||
Vianden Castle | Vianden | Canton of Vianden | L | Hill castle | Around 1000 to 1100 | Preserved or largely preserved | |
Schloss Vehn | Sinzig | AW | RP | Water castle, schloss | First mentioned in 1019 | Remodelled several times, preserved | |
Schloss Vettelhoven | Vettelhoven
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AW | RP | Schloss | 1890 | ||
Vettelhoven Castle | Vettelhoven
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AW | RP | Burghaus with corner towr | 15th century | Image wanted | |
Schwedenschanze | Hillesheim
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DAU | RP | Early Modern Period | No visible remains survive | Image wanted | |
Castle Veynau | Wißkirchen | EU | NRW | Water castle, lowland castle | Around 1340 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Schloss Wachendorf | Mechernich | EU | NRW | Schloss | The present schloss was built around 1780. | Preserved, wedding venue for Mechernich and Zen temple | |
Virneburg
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Virneburg | MYK | RP | Hill castle | Second half of the 12th century | Ruins | |
Schloss Vischel | Vischel | AW | RP | Water castle | 9th century | The present schloss was built in 1829. | |
Vlatten Castle | Vlatten | DN | NRW | Lowland castle | Before 1331 | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Vlattenhaus | Eynatten | Canton of Eupen | B | Water castle | 14th century | destroyed, remains, rebuilt | |
Waldenburghaus formerly “Schloss Merols” |
Kettenis | Canton of Eupen | B | First mentioned in 1266 | Preserved | ||
Schloss Wallerode | St. Vith
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Canton of St. Vith | B | Hill castle | 17th century | Preserved | Image wanted |
Burghaus Wassenach | Wassenach | AW | RP | 1772 | Preserved | ||
Schloss Weilerbach | Bollendorf | TR | RP | Water castle | 1777–1780 | Preserved | |
Schloss Weims | Kettenis | Canton of Eupen | B | First mentioned in 1334 | Preserved | ||
White Tower | Ahrweiler
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AW | RP | Tower house | 13th century | Preserved | |
White Tower | Weißenthurm | MYK | RP | Customs post and tower house | Early 15th century | Preserved | |
Welschbillig Castle | Welschbillig | TR | RP | Water castle | 12th century | Ruins | |
Fortifications with bank and ditches on the Ritschberg | Oberweiler
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BIT | RP | BC | Image wanted | ||
Winneburg
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Cochem | COC | RP | ||||
Wensburg | Lind | AW | RP | Spur castle | 13th to 14th century | Ruins | |
Wernerseck Castle | Ochtendung | MYK | RP | Hill castle | 1202 | Ruins | |
Wildenburg Castle | Hellenthal | EU | NRW | Hill castle. hill spur site | 1202–1235 | Preserved | |
Wildenburg | Bürvenich | EU | NRW | 11th–12th century | Preserved | ||
Town fortifications of Winningen | Winningen | MYK | NRW | Town fortifications | Begun 1398, reinforced 1568–1583 by an enceinte | Remains, town gate | |
Zievel Castle | Lessenich | EU | NRW | Lowland castle | 1107 | gut preserved | |
Zülpich Castle | Zülpich | EU | NRW | Lowland castle | 14th century | Preserved or considerable elements have survived | |
Schloss Zur Leyen | Kobern-Gondorf | MYK | RP | Castle | 14th century | Preserved, road was led through the building however | |
Zur Leyen Castle or Ockerfels Castle | Ürzig | WIT | RP | Hill castle | 1200–1250 | Remains with new elements | |
Zewen Tower | Zewen | TR | RP | Fortification and customs post | Anfang 13th century | Preserved |
References
- ^ Entry at Barsberg (2) (Forsthaus Barsberg, municipality Bongard, Circular rampart) in the data bank of cultural sites in the Region of Trier, retrieved am 5 February 2016.
- ^ http://www.konejung-stiftung.de/mm-historyguide/Drover-Berg-Tunnel-Flyer-gesamt.pdf Motte near Drove
Literature
- Bernhard Gondorf (1984), Die Burgen der Eifel und ihrer Randgebiete. Ein Lexikon der "festen Häuser", Cologne: J. P. Bachem, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7
- Dirk Holtermann, Holger A. Dux: Die Dürener Burgenrunde. Radeln zwischen Rur und Eifel. Bouvier, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-416-02979-8.
- Dirk Holtermann, Harald Herzog: Die Euskirchener Burgenrunde. Radeln zwischen Erft und Eifel. Walter Rau, Düsseldorf, 2000, ISBN 9783791907505
- Matthias Kordel: Die schönsten Schlösser und Burgen in der Eifel. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen, 1999, ISBN 3-861344823.
- Karl Emerich Krämer: Von Burg zu Burg durch die Eifel. 4th edition. Mercator, Duisburg, 1986, ISBN 3-87463-066-8.
- Michael Losse: Burgen und Schlösser, Adelssitze und Befestigungen in der Vulkaneifel. Michael Imhof, Petersberg, 2012. ISBN 978-3-86568-399-1.
- Michael Losse: Burgen und Schlösser in der Eifel. Regionalia, Rheinbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-939722-44-1.
- Michael Losse: "Keck und fest, mit senkrechten Mauertürmen ... wie eine Krone". Burgen, Schlösser und Fortressen an der Ahr und im Adenauer Land. 1st edition. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-1774-1.
- Michael Losse: Theiss Burgenführer. Hohe Eifel und Ahrtal. Theiss, Stuttgart, 2003, ISBN 3806217750.
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