Bachem Castle
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| Alternative name (s): | Bachem Castle | |
| Creation time : | probably around 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Construction: | Brick | |
| Place: | Frechen - Bachem | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 53 '35.8 " N , 6 ° 48' 42.4" E | |
| Height: | 75 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Burg Bachem , including Castle Bachem called, is a former moated castle in Frechen neighborhood Bachem (Schloßstraße 8) in the Rhein-Erft district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
In the Middle Ages , Oberbachem with Bachem Castle and Unterbachem with Hemmerich belonged to different territories, the Duchy of Jülich and Kurköln .
The castle was probably founded at the beginning of the 13th century or earlier, as indicated by the foundations of a residential tower from 1250, which was built from an early Roman aqueduct. In 1583 the castle was destroyed.
After the Thirty Years War , the tower and the south wing were rebuilt, the three-arched bridge was built and the north wing was rebuilt in 1705.
In the 18th century, the castle was owned by Baron Antonius von Geldern and in 1836, Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Stammheim acquired the castle and extensively renovated the property .
description
The moated castle, the foundations of which are on wooden piles (similar to Venice ), is divided into two parts: a main castle and an outer castle , surrounded by a moat system that is partially flooded again . In addition to the Romanesque brick castle house, the structures that have been preserved date from the 17th to 18th centuries. From 1973 to 1978 the main castle was largely renovated, is again in the private property of the Barons von Fürstenberg and is inhabited. By 2018, seven apartments were built during a renovation, six of which are rented and one is occupied by the owner.
literature
- Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. A lexicon of the "permanent houses" . J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7 , p. 79 f .
- Yearbook of the Rhenish Preservation of Monuments. 1985.
Web links
- Bachem Castle
- Entry by HJ Greggersen zu Bachem bei Frechen in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Bachem Castle. wehrbauten.de
- Bachem Castle. baufachinformation.de
- Bachem Castle. naturpark-rheinland.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Bachem Castle in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on January 5, 2019.