Welschbillig Castle
| Welschbillig Castle | ||
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 Castle gate |
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| Creation time : | around 1140 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Clerical | |
| Place: | Welschbillig | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 51 '11.8 " N , 6 ° 34' 7.3" E | |
| Height: | 290 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Welschbillig is the ruins of a moated castle in the municipality Welschbillig in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
As early as the 12th century, a small predecessor castle was built on the site of an earlier Roman villa rustica from the 2nd to 4th centuries in what is now Welschbillig.
From 1242 to 1299 the castle was considerably strengthened by the Trier Elector Arnold II of Isenburg and later the state castle was further expanded by his successors. In the so-called Dutch War , the castle was destroyed in 1673/74 by the troops of the French Sun King Louis XIV and the south side was demolished from 1889 to 1891 because a church was being built.
investment
The castle complex built over the remains of the Roman villa appears today as the remains of an extensive square castle area with a moat . You can see the gate with its two round towers , a stone moat bridge and the remains of the northwest gate.
The parish church from 1889–1890 and an office building from 1711 are located on the castle grounds.
This Roman villa was connected in a U-shape to a water basin measuring 58.3 by 17.8 meters, which was originally surrounded by 112 herms . 71 Hermes can be seen in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier .
- Views with church
literature
- Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. A lexicon of the "permanent houses" . J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7 , p. 176 .
Web links
- Entry for Welschbillig in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Entry on the former moated castle (Welschbillig) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .