Commander's castle Blatzheim

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Commander's castle Blatzheim
Blatzheim Kommandeursburg 03.jpg
Creation time : 1602
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: receive
Standing position : Clerical
Construction: Brick
Place: Kerpen - Blatzheim
Geographical location 50 ° 51 '26 "  N , 6 ° 38' 10"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '26 "  N , 6 ° 38' 10"  E
Commander's Castle Blatzheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Commander's castle Blatzheim

The Kommandeursburg Blatzheim is a castle on the Neffelbach in the Kerpen district of Blatzheim in the Rhein-Erft district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

In 1602, the Teutonic Knight Heinrich von Reuschenberg zu Setterich built the Commander's Castle as the summer country residence of the Commander of the Teutonic Order ( Coming Boys-Biesen ).

After French troops had occupied the left bank of the Rhine from 1794 to 1802 , Joseph von Schaesberg retired to the Kommandeursburg and died there in 1812 as the last Teutonic Knight in Blatzheim.

As in 1802, the spiritual possessions in Cologne and Blatzheim secularized were and 1809 the German military orders by a decree of Napoleon was revoked, the commander of the castle came as endowment of Napoleon to the French General Georges Mouton , later passed into German hands and was used as agricultural farm out more .

description

The castle, which was formerly surrounded by wide ponds, is an almost square brick complex, flanked by two corner towers with baroque slate hoods and arched gate entrance, which bears the coat of arms of Heinrich von Reuschenberg with the inscription "God alone, honor, Anno 1602".

The castle is privately owned and can be rented for weddings or other celebrations.

literature

  • Hans Elmar Onnau: The commanders castle in Blatzheim. , Kerpener Heimatblätter, March 1969.

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