Odenhausen Castle

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Odenhausen Castle
Aerial view of the castle complex

Aerial view of the castle complex

Creation time : 1000 to 1100
Castle type : Wasserburg, former moth
Conservation status: Receive
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Wachtberg - Berkum
Geographical location 50 ° 37 '37.2 "  N , 7 ° 7' 36.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '37.2 "  N , 7 ° 7' 36.5"  E
Height: 228  m above sea level NHN
Odenhausen Castle

The castle Odenhausen is a moated castle in Berkum , a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian municipality of Wachtberg in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis . It stands as a monument under monument protection .

location

The castle is located on a slight hillside on the northwestern edge of Berkum at about 228  m above sea level. NHN . Today a new building area borders on the former farm buildings of the castle.

history

The castle was built in the 11th century as a tower hill castle (Motte). In the Middle Ages , the fortification was expanded into a moated castle with a front and core castle . In 1560, under Ludwig von Blankart, it was converted into a renaissance complex.

Odenhausen Castle is a moated castle at an altitude, where the moats that still exist today were fed by springs. The castle was first mentioned in 1316 and for a long time was a fiefdom held by the Lords of Odenhausen from the Michaelsberg Abbey in Siegburg .

Coat of arms above the portal of the manor house

A bridge leads over the outer moat through a baroque gate into the farm yard, from which another bridge over the moat leads to the two-winged mansion . The portal is adorned with a coat of arms. On the main front, a pavilion-like extension bears a two-storey bay window with late Gothic tracery , and above the upper row of windows there is a volute gable on each side .

The castle has been in the possession of the Vieten couple since 2005 and is also inhabited by them and their three children.

literature

Web links

Commons : Burg Odenhausen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the municipality of Wachtberg , number A 35