Eynatten Castle

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The castle Eynatten is an Outbound castle in the village of Eynatten , which in the area of today Community German-speaking Belgium is. It initially belonged to the von Eynatten family , who gave it to Duke Johann III of Brabant in the 14th century . gave. After the lords of the castle moved to a new residence, the castle was abandoned and gradually fell into disrepair. There is nothing left of her today.

history

In the Middle Ages , the area of ​​today's Eynatten belonged to a family of the same name, who had their seat at Eynatten Castle and were first mentioned in a document with Heldricus de Einatten in 1213. In 1248, the castle complex was first mentioned in writing. In contrast to the surrounding lands, it was allodial property of the lords of the castle and was not subject to the Aachen Marienstift .

In 1333 the castle belonged to Matillon (Mathias) von Eynatten. He was the general taker of the Brabant Duke Johann III. for the Duchy of Limburg and other Brabant possessions east of the Meuse . On July 22, 1333 he carried Castle Eynatten Johann III. to a fiefdom , so that from then on it was available as an open house .

The castle was later owned by Diepolt von Eynatten. His sons Peter and Johann divided the family property among themselves in the 14th century. The Eynatten castle came to Peter, but at that time it was probably in disrepair or in great need of repair. He therefore had the Vlattenhaus in the immediate vicinity expanded into a fortified complex and converted into his new residence. Previously it was probably an estate in front of the castle .

The old castle, also called Altes Haus Eynatten , was abandoned by its owners and fell into ruin . At the beginning of the 19th century there were only so few remains of it that its location across from the Vlattenhaus west of the Eynatten church of St. John the Baptist could hardly be made out. Today it has completely disappeared. There is no record of what the plant once looked like.

literature

  • Alfred Minke: Castles, palaces and a "quarter" in the Duchy of Limburg. In: Verkehrsverein Eynatten (ed.): 800 years Eynatten. Contributions to the history of the village. Volume 1. Eynatten 2013, pp. 13-17.
  • Christian Quix: Contributions to a historical-topographical description of the Eupen district, together with an appendix: The former Mesch county. Mayer, Aachen 1837, pp. 168-171 ( digitized version ).
  • Christian Rutsch: Eupen and the surrounding area. Mayer, Eupen 1879, pp. 258-259.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heribert Reiners , Heinrich Neu : The art monuments of Eupen-Malmedy. Reprint of the edition from 1935. Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1982, ISBN 3-590-32117-2 , p. 116.
  2. ^ Haus Amstenrath on the cultural heritage website of the German-speaking Community , accessed on January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Alfred Minke: Castles, palaces and a "quarter" in the Duchy of Limburg. 2013, p. 13.
  4. ^ Alfred Minke: Castles, palaces and a "quarter" in the Duchy of Limburg. 2013, p. 14.
  5. ^ Christian Quix: Contributions to a historical-topographical description of the Eupen district, along with an appendix. 1837, p. 170.
  6. ^ A b Alfred Minke: Castles, palaces and a "quarter" in the Duchy of Limburg. 2013, p. 15.

Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 34.5 "  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 54.2"  E