Mauel Castle

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Mauel Castle
The bridge over the moat

The bridge over the moat

Creation time : before 1555
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: largely preserved
Standing position : Nobles
Construction: Quarry stone construction
Place: Windeck
Geographical location 50 ° 48 '18 "  N , 7 ° 36' 1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '18 "  N , 7 ° 36' 1"  E

Mauel Castle is a small moated castle in the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is a two-story greywacke - quarry stone .

owner

In 1555 Wilhelm von Etzbach was the owner of the manor house . At the beginning of the 17th century, the von Vellbrück family took up residence here, but later leased the property. In 1787 they sold the property to the previous tenant Peter Voss for 23,000 Bergische Taler. In 1794, the Benedictine monks of the Brauweiler Abbey near Cologne, who fled from the French occupation troops, found shelter in the castle for some time. Further owners were the Hundhausen, Kammerich, Kirchbaum and Wehner families. In 1991 the Lenz / Schmid family acquired the building and renovated it. In 2007 the castle changed hands and now houses conference rooms, a management consultancy and residential units. In addition, a beer garden and a wine bar invite you to take a break.

Conversions

Peter Voss replaced the massive gable and the flattened shingle roof with a slate hipped roof. In 1841 the north entrance was closed with the drawbridge and a solid, three-arched bridge was built on the south side. Later a stone bridge was also built on the east side.

  • Mauel Castle on a postcard from 1900

  • Rear view of the castle

  • View over the beer garden

  • Aerial view of the castle

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