Bollendorf Castle
| Bollendorf Castle | ||
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 Bollendorf Castle from the west |
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| Alternative name (s): | Bollendorf Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 700 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts | |
| Standing position : | Luxembourg administrative seat | |
| Place: | Bollendorf | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 50 '58 " N , 6 ° 22' 4" E | |
| Height: | 168 m above sea level NN | |
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The Burg Bollendorf , including Castle Bollendorf called, is a castle in the South Eifel at the Sauer in Bollendorf in Bitburg-Prüm , Rheinland-Pfalz . It stands on a rock in the lowland of the Sauer on the foundations of a former Roman fortification. Until the end of the 18th century, the castle was the seat of a subprob belonging to the Echternach Provostry, which administered the Bollendorf, Ernzen and Irrel dairies from there . Today the complex is privately owned and used as a hotel with holiday apartments and a restaurant.
history
The exact time when the castle was built is not known. In 716 the property went to the Echternach Abbey . In 1619 Abbot Peter Richardt converted the south-west corner into a residential building by leading a circular spiral staircase through all floors. From 1739 the building was expanded by Abbot Gregorius Schouppen and the mansion was converted into a baroque palace; the portal bears the year 1776.
investment
Only the ring wall and wall remains of a round tower are preserved from the medieval castle complex . The tower, provided with T-shaped loopholes , sits on a rock. A castle hall, a castle hall and a knight's room have been preserved from the more recent times .
Bollendorf Castle with wall and remains of the tower
JM Bellwald, Bollendorf Castle
Interior view of the fireplace (undated archive picture)
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland , Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, p. 136; ISBN 3-422-00382-7
- Ernst Wackenroder (arr.): The art monuments of the Bitburg district (= Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / I ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 74–78 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 illus. In the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle of Bollendorf Castle. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014 ; accessed on June 21, 2016 .