Karlsburg (Langerwehe)

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Karlsburg
Karlsburg ruin

Karlsburg ruin

Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall remains
Standing position : Commoners
Place: Schonthal
Geographical location 50 ° 48 '16.5 "  N , 6 ° 20' 41.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '16.5 "  N , 6 ° 20' 41.5"  E
Height: 151  m above sea level NN

The Karlburg is the ruin of one of Schleicher family in Burg shape built guest house on the wooded hill west of the district chamber Busch Schönthal the community Langerwehe in North Rhine-Westphalia Düren . The village of Langerwehe- Heistern connects to the south of the Kammerbusch .

The Kammerbusch landscape garden with the castle hall and other ornamental buildings was built between 1858 and 1894. When the Schleicher era ended in the 1930s, the park, the Karlsburg and its great hall began to decline .

In the chapel, which was restored in 2004, there is a family crypt.

The Karlsburg is entered within the park as monument no. 38 in the list of architectural monuments in Langerwehe .