Geldern Castle

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Geldern Castle
Geldern 1649

Geldern 1649

Creation time : First mentioned in 1237
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Standing position : Count
Place: Funds
Geographical location 51 ° 31 '2.3 "  N , 6 ° 19' 3.1"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '2.3 "  N , 6 ° 19' 3.1"  E
Geldern Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Geldern Castle

The Castle money is an Outbound castle today Mühlenweg in the town of Geldern in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The castle, first mentioned in 1237, was owned by the Counts of Geldern and served to secure an important crossing on the Niers .

In the 13th century a settlement arose first to the north and then east of it, which was soon protected with ramparts, walls and ditches and which in that century presented itself as a city with a 1,800-meter-long city ​​wall .

In the late Middle Ages , the Landesburg Castle was the seat of a bailiff and served the Dukes of Geldern as accommodation on their travels through their territory.

literature

  • Stefan Frankewitz : Castles, palaces, mansions on the banks of the Niers . 1st edition. Boss, Kleve 1997, ISBN 3-9805931-0-X , pp. 200-203.
  • Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, mansions mansions along the Niers . Boss, Geldern 2011, ISBN 978-3-941559-13-4 , pp. 427-450.

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