Kempenich Castle

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Kempenich Castle
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Creation time : mentioned around 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Forester's house
Place: Kempenich
Geographical location 50 ° 24 '43.4 "  N , 7 ° 7' 23.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '43.4 "  N , 7 ° 7' 23.9"  E
Kempenich Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Kempenich Castle

The Burg Kempenich is a hilltop castle in the village Kempenich in the Eifel .

history

The castle was first mentioned around the year 1200, but it is believed that it already existed in 1147. Until 1424 it belonged to the Lords of Kempenich . Kempenich castle and its lordship were fiefdoms from Kurtrier since the 13th century . In 1330 there was a feud about the castle between two relatives of Kempenich . In 1424, the extinction of the von Kempenich family led to further armed conflicts over the inheritance. Peter von Schöneck was married to the heir's daughter and claimed the castle and lordship as an inheritance against Kurtrier.

After various pledges, Kempenich came into the possession of Anton von Eltz , a nephew of the Archbishop of Trier, Johann Jakob von Eltz , in 1581 . When Hans Jacob, Anton's son, the oldest line of those at Eltz of the golden lion died out, Kempenich came to Johann Jakob Schenk von Schmittburg . His daughter, Maria Antoinetta Juliana, gave the pledge to Kempenich in 1663 to her husband, Hans Jacob zu Eltz, who founded the line to Eltz-Kempenich. In 1689 the castle was partially destroyed and rebuilt by the Eltz. Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich , who was born in Kempenich and died in 1743 as elector and archbishop of Mainz, also came from the Eltz-Kempenich line . His brother, Karl Anton Ernst, was elevated to the rank of imperial count with his brothers in 1734. In 1769 two new wings were built at Kempenich Castle for 1,016 Reichstaler. The Trier court chamber canceled the pledge in 1776. Kempenich became the center of an Electoral Trier office that was administered from Mayen. In 1822 the castle became a forester's house . The forester's house and the surrounding area are privately owned and cannot be visited.

literature

  • Michael Losse (Ed.): Theiss Burgenführer. High Eifel and Ahr Valley - 57 castles and palaces . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1775-0 , pp. 79-81.

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