Kallmuth Castle
| Kallmuth Castle | |
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11.JPG) Kallmuth Castle and St. Georg church tower |
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| Creation time : | 13th century |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | receive |
| Standing position : | Knight's seat |
| Construction: | Quarry stone |
| Place: | Kallmuth |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 33 '24.7 " N , 6 ° 37' 9.3" E |
| Height: | 391 m above sea level NHN |
The castle Kallmuth is a castle in Kallmuth , a district of Mechernich in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The first knight of Kallmuth was mentioned in a document as early as 1285. It can therefore be assumed that the castle was built in the 13th century. A Henricus de Calenmunt was mentioned in the 14th century. 1515 is mentioned as the last of the family Johann von Kaelmoutten. Thereafter, the Pützfeld, called by Friemersdorf, were the owners until 1749. At that time, however, they were already living in their house in Kirspenich . Kallmuth Castle was probably leased. In 1770 the castle was divided between Hilger Dahmen and Baron von Gymnich zu Kallmuth. This sold his share in 1780 to Count Ambrosius von Spee . In the first half of the 19th century, the castle could only be classified as a lease. For several decades it came into the possession of Wilhelm Freiherr von Syberg zu Eicks and Wilhelm von Lommessem. In 1908 Ambrosius Schmitz bought a part, the northeast half of the castle building went to Karl Seidenfaden. The Schmitz family remained the owners until 1989. After the farm located in the buildings was relocated, the castle stood empty for a few years and threatened to deteriorate. A group of investors who wanted to convert the complex into apartments jumped out again. In the end, however, the castle was used for residential purposes, and today there is a modern residential complex in the former castle buildings.
The castle is right next to the tower of the Church of St. George . The farm buildings were rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. The two-storey quarry stone building used to have a gable roof , which has been replaced by a monopitch roof . From the west, a staircase with a round arched door leads to the first floor. Sandstone consoles with a quarter circle profile originally supported the wooden beam ceilings . The space on the second floor, which is designed in the same way, has been cut in height by the monopitch roof.
The castle was entered on July 18, 1989 under No. 71 in the list of architectural monuments in Mechernich .
literature
- Harald Herzog: Castles and palaces, history and typology of the aristocratic seats in the Euskirchen district. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7927-1226-1 , p. 309.
Web links
- Entry by Hans-Jürgen Greggersen about Kallmuth Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Entry on Kallmuth in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kallmuth Castle threatened with decay. In: Rheinische Heimatpflege . Vol. 28, No. 2, 1991, ISSN 0342-1805 , p. 121.
- ^ Entry by Hans-Jürgen Greggersen on Kallmuth Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
