Odenhausen Castle
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Aerial view of the castle complex |
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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 |
Height: | 228 m above sea level NHN |
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 .
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
- Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X , p. 135.
Web links
- Entry on Odenhausen Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Odenhausen Castle in the Rhenish Castle Archive