Schweinheim Castle
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1333 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts | |
| Place: | Euskirchen - Schweinheim | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 36 '41.2 " N , 6 ° 52' 15.8" E | |
| Height: | 220 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Schweinheim is a former moated castle in Euskirchen district Schweinheim in Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia .
description
Little is known about the founding of the castle. In 1333 a house, a farm, the village and a court "Schweinheim" are mentioned as a Jülich fief .
The former moated castle was a two-part castle complex surrounded by moats . In the 19th century, the outer bailey was demolished except for a corner tower and small remains of the wall and then developed into a large agricultural homestead .
The Schweinheim Castle has attracted the public's interest in recent years because the first German piggy bank that can be identified as a piggy bank , allegedly formerly owned by a Knight Spies von Büllesheim , was found with medieval coins.
Web links
- Entry on Schweinheim Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Schweinheim Castle. District town of Euskirchen, accessed on January 21, 2016 .
- How and where the original piggy bank from Schweinheim Castle was found. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 .
- The piggy bank monument in the Euskirchen monastery garden. District town of Euskirchen, accessed on January 21, 2016 .
http://www.euskirchen.de/stadtinfo/tourismus/sehenswerte/burgen/burg-schweinheim/