Burgsahr Castle House

Castle house and outbuildings in Burgsahr

Burgsahr castle house, aerial photo (2015)

The Burgsahr castle house is a former castle house in Burgsahr , a district of the Kirchsahr community in the Ahrweiler district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). The building is a protected cultural monument .

history

Burgsahr and free home , today a district of mountain , were a sub-rule of the archbishopric of Cologne , and originally belonged to Altenahrer Castle loans Uprath. For the first time, the Lords of Gymnich were enfeoffed in 1364 . In 1458 the subordinate rule went to the Blankart zu Ahrweiler and after their extinction in 1712 to the married relatives. Since the beginning of the 19th century, the properties came into the hands of various middle-class families through purchase.

architecture

The two-storey quarry stone building with five window axes and a high hipped roof essentially dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. In the middle of the building on the courtyard side is a Welsche hood , which was intended as a lift device. An oven has been built on the east side. The farm buildings next to the castle house were partly made of quarry stone and partly of clay framework.

literature

Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the Rhine province . The art monuments of the Ahrweiler district. 17th volume, 1st department, published by L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1938, pp. 345–346.
Matthias Röcke: Castles and palaces on the Rhine and Ahr . ARE Verlag, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 1991, ISBN 3-9802508-3-0 , pp. 85-87.

Web links

Commons : Burghaus Burgsahr - Collection of images, videos and audio files

50.513 6.9056388888889Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 46.8 ″ N , 6 ° 54 ′ 20.3 ″ E