Reinhardstein Castle
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 Reinhardstein Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Reinhardstein Castle, Metternich Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1354 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone masonry | |
| Place: | Weismes - Ovifat | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 27 '9 " N , 6 ° 6' 8.5" E | |
| Height: | 468 m | |
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The castle Reinhardstein (also called Reinhardstein Castle or Burg Metternich is located in the Valley of the known) Warche in Robertville in Belgium . It was built in 1354 for Count Wenzel von Luxemburg by his vassal Reinhard von Weismes and rebuilt from 1969 after destruction.
location
Reinhardstein is located in the Belgian eastern cantons in the vicinity of Malmedy on the soil of the municipality Weismes below the village Ovifat, which belongs to Weismes . Not far away is the High Fens with the highest point in Belgium and the Signal de Botrange at 694 meters.
Next to Reinhardstein Castle, Belgium's highest waterfall, at 60 meters, falls into the Warche Valley.
history
The castle belonged to the Counts of Nassau until Wilhelm von Metternich married Anna von Nassau zu Reinhardstein for the second time in 1550. The von Metternich family expanded the building into a palace complex , which they lived in until the French Revolution. Reinhardstein was confiscated during the French Revolution , but returned to the Metternichs in 1798. In 1812 Franz Georg Karl von Metternich , the father of the Austrian Foreign Minister Prince Metternich, sold the castle for demolition. Over the decades, the Warcheburg fell more and more into ruins. Under the direction of the historian Professor Jean Overloop (1915–1994), the reconstruction and refurbishment of the castle complex began in 1969 according to medieval documents. Overloop discovered many contemporary drawings by the Liège painter Mathieu-Antoine Xhrouet (1672–1747), who put the castle on paper from many perspectives. A collection of armor, tapestries, liturgical robes and life-size, hand-carved figures inside the castle underlines the importance of the place.
Others
The castle is associated with the legends of the four Haimons children and Melusine . Every year on Halloween , a hike is organized around Robertville to Rheinardstein Castle.
In 2007, the administration of Château Reinhardstein welcomed around 16,000 visitors to various events throughout the year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Halloween hike with animations - 31/10/2019 - East Belgium → Belgium. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .