Reetz Castle

Reetz Castle
Alternative name (s):	House of the Marck
Creation time :	presumably 16th century
Castle type :	Location
Conservation status:	Receive
Standing position :	Noblemen
Construction:	Quarry stone
Place:	Reetz
Geographical location	50 ° 25 '35.9 " N , 6 ° 41' 46.8" E Coordinates: 50 ° 25 '35.9 " N , 6 ° 41' 46.8" E
Height:	465 m above sea level NHN

The castle Reetz is a castle in the same district of the municipality Blankenheim in the district of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Long Busch 8th

Little news is available about the history of the house. At least for the early 16th century, however, a representative of the simple landed nobility is proven in Jakob von Roetz. The name Haus von der Marck , which is also common in popular parlance, can be traced back to the owner, the Duke of Arenberg . In the 18th century the property was then called Meyershof , which had been given to a Matthias Keller as a fief by the Duke of Arenberg.

The so-called castle in Reetz, like comparable facilities in the neighboring towns, was a typical castle house that differed from other feudal farms only in terms of its size and the associated land. According to Herzog, the two-storey castle house made of quarry stone can be dated to the 16th century.

The castle building was registered on July 15, 1988 as monument no. 121 in part A of the list of monuments of the municipality of Blankenheim.

literature

Harald Herzog: Castles and palaces, history and typology of the aristocratic seats in the Euskirchen district . Rhineland publishing house. Cologne 1989. ISBN 3-7927-1067-6 . P. 430.
Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Schleiden district. (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province. Volume 11, Part II). Schwann 1932 (reprint 1982 ISBN 3-590-32116-4 ). P. 313.

Web links

Entry on Reetz in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Entry on Reetz in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

^ Peter Neu: The Arenberger and the Arenberger Land. Volume 2. The ducal family and their Eifel estates 1616–1794. (= Publications of the State Archives Administration Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 67). Koblenz 1995. ISBN 3-931014-26-6 . P. 306.

[1] Peter Neu: The Arenberger and the Arenberger Land. Volume 2. The ducal family and their Eifel estates 1616–1794. (= Publications of the State Archives Administration Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 67). Koblenz 1995. ISBN 3-931014-26-6 . P. 306.