Binsfeld Castle
| Binsfeld Castle | |
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 South view of Binsfeld Castle |
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| Creation time : | 1533 |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts |
| Place: | Binsfeld |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 47 '29 " N , 6 ° 32' 40" E |
The castle Binsfeld is a moated castle in Binsfeld , community Nörvenich in Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia . It is located about four kilometers southeast of Düren .
The castle Binsfeld is in the style of the early Renaissance built and counts with the north wall upstream loggias of the most important secular buildings of the Rhineland .
It was entered on March 6, 1985 in the list of monuments of the municipality of Nörvenich under No. 1. In addition, the castle was registered under no. 6 on March 27, 1990 in the list of ground monuments in Nörvenich .
history
In 1397 the knight Heinrich Mule von Binsfeld and the court handed over a castle that he had built to the Duke of Jülich and received it back from him as a fief.
Werner von Binsfeld rebuilt the manor house of the castle complex in 1533 . It was partly built on the foundations of an older castle and is surrounded by a pond. The castle is a rectangular brick building that was originally surrounded by water, separated from the outer bailey. The castle is three-story on the field side and two-story on the courtyard side. There is a round tower on the southeast corner. The octagonal stair tower stands at the northeast corner.
Loggias with six arcades each are in front of the manor house on the courtyard side on both floors . Around 1960 the loggias were extensively renovated by the Rhineland State Conservator .
In the lintel above the entrance door is the marriage coat of arms of the builder "Binsfeld-Nesselrode". Anno 1553 is written on the ribbon decoration .
In the past centuries the manor house was used as a residential building and the farm buildings (outer bailey) were used for agriculture. At the beginning of the Second World War, a significant part of the farm buildings was destroyed in a bomb attack. They were rebuilt in 1941/42. The main building was largely spared. In October 1983 the Rhenish "Castle Day" was held at the castle.
Until 1986 the castle buildings were used for agriculture by the Conzen family.
After it was sold in 1990, the castle was completely rebuilt and the manor house was given a modern multi-storey extension, which has taken away much of the historical charm of the entire complex. Since December 1, 1993, there has been a senior citizens' residence in Binsfeld Castle , which has grown to around 180 places.
Web links
- Entry by Hans-Jürgen Greggersen zu Binsfeld in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Heinz Türk , Churches and castles in the municipality of Nörvenich near Düren. Neuss printing and publishing house, Neuss 1983; ISBN 3-88094-455-5
- ↑ List of monuments of the municipality of Nörvenich (PDF; 108 kB)
- ↑ Castles and Palaces , magazine of the German Burgenvereinigung e. V. for Castle Studies and Monument Preservation, issue 89 / I, p. 28
