Geyen Castle
| Geyen Castle | ||
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 View of the northern, representative facade |
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| Alternative name (s): | Junker Castle Geyen, Junkerhof Geyen, Geyener Wasserburg | |
| Creation time : | around 1450 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Construction: | Brick, truss | |
| Place: | Geyen | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 58 '59 " N , 6 ° 47' 13" E | |
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The Geyen Castle (also Geyener Junkerburg or Geyener Wasserburg ) is a former moated castle in the Pulheim district of Geyen , which has existed since the 14th century. It is located at the northern exit of Geyens towards Pulheim.
description
The Geyener Wasserburg is almost a square complex. The arrangement of the buildings reflects their old function as a customs yard on the border between the Electorate of Cologne and the Jülich territories. At the north and west corners of the courtyard are a round and a rectangular tower. The inner courtyard can only be reached via a stone bridge on the north side, as the castle was previously surrounded on all four sides by moats fed by the Pulheimer Bach . The slots for the chains from an earlier drawbridge can also be seen.
Except for one half-timbered building , all buildings are made of brick .
history
A manor here has been known from a document since 1337 . This estate is the forerunner of today's Junkerburg and functioned as a customs yard on the Jülisch - Cologne border. When the old Tollhof or Canishof was sold by the owner Johann von Canis to the Cologne patrician family von Judde in 1443 , they tore it down and built today's Junkerburg.
After a fire in 1664, the brick castle was rebuilt in the baroque style. This building has been preserved to this day.
After von Juddes, the lords of Frentz and von Graß (from Fliesteden) owned the castle. From 1784, when the farm went back to a Herr von Frentz , it was run by a Halfen . In 1855 the last noble owner sold the estate; today it is in civil ownership.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Henriette Meynen: moated castles, palaces and country houses in the Erftkreis. Published by the senior district director of the Erftkreis. 2nd, revised edition. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-7927-0556-7 , p. 42.
