Worringen Castle
| Worringen Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Cologne Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1275 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Cologne-Worringen | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 4 '3 " N , 6 ° 52' 1" E | |
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The castle Worringen , also Cologne Castle called, is a Outbound Electorate of Cologne castle on the left bank of the Rhine in Cologne-Worringen .
At the end of May 1288, the opponents of the archbishopric negotiated a Landfriedensbund, one of the goals of which was the razing of the castle built in 1275. The castle was besieged from May 29th to June 5th . West of the castle, the Battle of Worringen took place on June 5, 1288, which ended the six-year Limburg succession dispute with the defeat of Archbishop Siegfried von Westerburg and his allies .
As a result, the left bank of the Rhine was softened. The castle was destroyed in October 1288 and never rebuilt.
literature
Reinhard Friedrich, Bernd Päffgen: Medieval castle complexes in the Cologne Bay and North Eifel until the end of the 13th century , Bonn 2007