Lüftelberg Castle

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Aerial view of Lüftelberg Castle

The castle Lüftelberg in Lüftelberg , a district of the city Meckenheim the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), goes back to a medieval back establishment. However, its current castle shape dates from the 18th century.

history

The plant on an illustration from the 1860s

The moated castle , or the family named after the castle, was first mentioned in 1260 in a document from the chancellery of Count Wilhelm IV. (Jülich) . It was the center of the glory mountains, later called Lüftelberge. The castle name goes back to the holy Lüfthildis . A first owner known by name was Dietrich von Volmestein, who sold the glory in 1358 to the brothers Johann and Conz von Vischenich . The castle was then owned by the von Gymnichs from 1448 to 1548 . After that it belonged to the Schall von Bell and since the middle of the 17th century that of Vorst-Lombeck. In 1827 it came by inheritance to the von Jordans family. It was badly damaged during the Second World War . Today parts are accessible to visitors.

The nearby former castle mill was sold in 1994.

description

Back of the lock

It is a two-part moated castle consisting of an outer bailey and a manor house . The medieval complex was heavily redesigned in the 15th century and provided with moats and round towers . Josef Clemens von der Vorst zu Lombeck had the complex converted into a baroque style palace by the court builder Johann Heinrich Roth between 1775 and 1780 .

The main building consists of a two-storey main wing on a high base in the southwest. A single-storey wing is angled in the northwest. The interior is largely baroque on the first and second floors. The garden room is particularly noteworthy. The baroque garden is on an island .

literature

  • Handbook of Historic Places. Volume: 3 North Rhine-Westphalia . Stuttgart 1970, p. 485.
  • Andreas Denk , Ingeborg flag : Architectural guide Bonn . Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-496-01150-5 , p. 149.
  • Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. A lexicon of the "permanent houses" . J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7 , p. 127 .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Lüftelberg  - collection of images

Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 49.8 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 4.2 ″  E