Geilenkirchen Castle
| Geilenkirchen Castle | |
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 Burg Geilenkirchen (town and castle to the left of the worm, the castle was depicted exaggerated) |
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| Creation time : | 12th Century |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, built-up remains |
| Standing position : | Noble |
| Place: | Geilenkirchen |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 57 '49.3 " N , 6 ° 7' 24.2" E |
The Geilenkirchen Castle is a lost moated castle to the left of the Wurm in the city of Geilenkirchen in the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The castle was built in the 12th century by the Counts of Heinsberg to secure the ford of the Wurm on the Roman road Aachen- Roermond .
Today the remains of the castle are integrated into the Episcopal Gymnasium St. Ursula after it was destroyed in 1945.
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