Sinzenich Castle

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Sinzenich Castle
Sinzenich Castle.jpg
Creation time : 13th century, 19th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: partially preserved
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Sinzenich
Geographical location 50 ° 39 '42.3 "  N , 6 ° 39' 22.2"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '42.3 "  N , 6 ° 39' 22.2"  E
Sinzenich Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Sinzenich Castle

The moated castle Sinzenich stands between Sinzenich and Linzenich , both districts of Zülpich in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rotbach . Its address is Zülpich-Sinzenich, Ritterstr. 15th

A noble von Sinzenich family can be identified between the 13th and 15th centuries . From 1374 the lords of Gertzen were castle owners. They were from 1380 by the Duke with the castle invested . In 1500 Sinzenich was raised to subordinate rule . The first subordinate, a Wirich von Gertzen called Sinzenich, expanded the castle generously. His father lived in Langendorf Castle at the time . The last gentleman to Sinzenich was Johann von Gertzen, a Jülich Rittmeister and imperial colonel. His heir, Agnes, brought the castle to her husband Arnold von Elverfeld in 1653. In 1667 she received her son-in-law Johann Heinrich von Holtrop zu Irnich. The castle was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1755. As a result, the mansion collapsed in 1769 and was not rebuilt. The owners changed several times through inheritance. The von Mosbach began to build a mansion next to the ruins of the old castle, but it was never completed. In 1794 the privileges were lost and in 1835 the castle was deleted from the registers of Prussian manors eligible for parliament. The lands were parceled out . The remaining buildings came into bourgeois hands. Several fires in 1895 reduced everything to rubble and ashes. A Zülpich manufacturer rebuilt the former south-west wing of the medieval outer bailey. Part of the moat was filled with water again.

The former three-wing outer bailey was accessible from the side. Except for its floor plan, which can still be read from the shape of the island, and a few walls it has disappeared. The ruined manor stands east of the outer bailey in a pond that has now silted up .

The castle was entered on September 24, 1981 under number 3 in the list of monuments of the city of Zülpich .

literature

  • Harald Herzog: Castles and palaces, history and typology of the aristocratic seats in the Euskirchen district . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7927-1226-1

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