Krayer Hof
| Krayer Hof | ||
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 Krayer Hof, aerial photo (2017) |
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| Alternative name (s): | Kray Castle (Cray) | |
| Creation time : | 1000 to 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Substantial parts preserved | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Andernach - Eich | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 26 '17.5 " N , 7 ° 19' 25" E | |
| Height: | 230 m above sea level NN | |
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The Krayer Hof , also called Krayer Burg ; is a moated castle near the Eich district of the city of Andernach in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The castle is in the Eich district near the Eich district of Andernach in the direction of Kell.
The main building and the courtyard tower have been preserved from the essentially Romanesque complex. It is inhabited, farmed and provides boarding horses .
history
The castle was built in the 11th century by Lambert von Lützing, in 1336 it was owned by Kurköln , then owned by various nobles. In 1813 the Andernach leather manufacturer Nebel bought the castle, which was then acquired in 1827 by Matthias Hölterhof from Cologne.
In the years 1901/02 the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire lived temporarily as a private tutor at Kray Castle.
The castle has been owned by the Anton Elvert family since 1953. The name Elvert comes from the old French Huguenot age (elle verde; the green). The family was relocated from the Münsterland; more precisely from Hiddingsel. Due to the straightening of the Dortmund Ems Canal, the old farm had to give way. The name Elvert gave the farmers their name there.
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literature
- Josef Busley and Heinrich Neu: Art monuments of the Mayen district , L. Schwann, Düsseldorf, 1941, pp. 230–232.