List of castles, fortifications and palaces in the Eifel

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It lists castles , fortifications and palaces in the Eifel , from the Celts to the early modern period . The list includes systems in the area of ​​the urban quadrilateral Aachen, Bonn, Koblenz and Trier - reaching somewhat into Luxembourgish and Belgian. Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed .

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Surname	place	circle	country	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Monschau Castle	Monschau	AC	NRW	Hilltop castle	13th century	largely preserved, today a youth hostel, old people's home
Haller	Monschau	AC	NRW	Höhenburg, residential tower	probably 13th century	ruin
Reichenstein Monastery	Monschau	AC	NRW	Hilltop castle	11th century	nothing preserved, donated to the Premonstratensian order in 1131/36 because of an unfavorable strategic location, overbuilt with a monastery
Nideggen Castle	Nideggen	DN	NRW	Hilltop castle	1177	largely preserved, restaurant, castle museum
Baarsberg, castle wall	Bongard	DAU	RP	Celtic 60 m long and 7 m high protective wall, cistern	approx. 500 BC	today only scree, cistern filled up	Image desired
Nideggen fortification	Nideggen	DN	NRW	City gates, city wall		received in large part
Bourscheid Castle	Burscheid	Canton Diekirch	L.	Hilltop castle	around 1000	Parts received
Burgau Castle	Niederau	DN	NRW	Moated castle	before 13th century	destroyed in World War II, rebuilt
Bertradaburg	Mürlenbach	DAU	RP	Höhenburg, spur location	early Middle Ages, first mentioned in the 13th century.	restored, largely preserved
Adenau Castle House	Adenau	AW	RP				Image desired
Adenbach Castle	Ahrweiler	AW	RP	Niederungsburg, location	The castle goes back to a mansion from the late Middle Ages	Hotel from the end of the 1980s
Ahrweiler city fortifications	Ahrweiler	AW	RP
Adendorf Castle	Wachtberg	SU	NRW	Wasserburg, Niederungsburg	1655-1670	received, no viewing
Castle Altendorf mansion	Altendorf	SU	NRW	Knight's seat
Old castle	Lommersdorf	EU	NRW	Spurburg	Late Middle Ages	small residues	Image desired
Old castle	Kerpen	DAU	RP				Image desired
Old castle	Insul	AW	RP				Image desired
Old castle	Reifferscheid	AW	RP				Image desired
Altburg (Altenburg; Burg Altendaun; Alte Burg; Aldenburg; Alteburg; Alt-Dune)	Schalkenmehren	DAU	RP				Image desired
Andernach city castle	Then after	MYK	RP
Andernach city fortifications	Then after	MYK	RP
Burgus	Bodenbach	DAU	RP				Image desired
Altenburg	Blankenheimerdorf	EU	NRW	Niederungsburg, moth	13th century	partially preserved	Image desired
Zehnbachhaus	Blankenheimerdorf	EU	NRW	moth			Image desired
Austrian ski jumping hill line	Blankenheimerdorf	EU	NRW				Image desired
Are Castle	Altenahr	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	probably 1100	ruin
Aremberg Castle	Aremberg	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	First mentioned in 1166	ruin
Amstenrath House	Eynatten	Canton of Eupen	B.	Moated castle	first mentioned in 1430	receive
Arloff Castle	Arloff	EU	NRW	Moated castle	Early Gothic	received in large parts
Arras Castle	Alf	COC	RP	Hilltop castle	around 1100	essential parts received
Bassenheim Castle	Bassenheim	MYK	RP
Bodendorf Castle	Bad Bodendorf	AW	RP	Moated castle	13th century	partially preserved, rebuilt in the 17th century
Coraidelstein Castle	Clothes	COC	RP	Höhenburg, hillside location	960 (disputed)	ruin
Burghaus Gymnich	Altenahr	AW	RP	Castle house	probably 14th century		Image desired
Münstereifel Castle	Bad Münstereifel	EU	NRW	Hillside castle	13./14. Century	essential parts received
Münstereifel city fortifications	Bad Münstereifel	EU	NRW	City wall, towers	Traces since the Mesolithic, first traces of settlement in the Neolithic.	City wall completely preserved, restored
Berenstein Castle	Bergstein	DN	NRW	Hilltop castle	1090	Burgstall
Bekond Castle	Known	TR	RP	Moated castle	1635, expanded 1710	receive	Image desired
Bell Castle	Bell	MYK	RP	castellum, fortified property	1263	Partly preserved	Image desired
Bewershof	Nideggen	DN	NRW	Mansion	17th - 18th century	receive
Mechernich Castle	mountain	EU	NRW	Moated castle	around 1200	received or received substantial parts
Bitburg city wall	Bitburg	BIT	RP	City wall Roman to medieval	from 4th century	Leftovers	Image desired
Blankenheim Castle	Blankenheim	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle	1115	essential parts received
Blankenheim valley fortification	Blankenheim	EU	NRW
Burgbrohl Castle	Burgbrohl	AW	RP		Destroyed in 1689, greatly expanded in the 18th century	receive
Binningen Castle	Binningen	COC	RP	Castle (?)	! 7. Century (?)	Leftovers	Image desired
Bischofstein Castle	Münstermaifeld	MYK	RP	Spurburg	1273 (older)	Rebuilt in 1930
Blens Castle	Blens	DN	NRW	Hilltop castle	around 1100	received or received substantial parts
Wasserburg Bruch	fracture	WIT	RP	Wasserburg, Niederungsburg	14th Century	essential parts received
Bürresheim Castle	St. Johann	MYK	RP	Spornburg, altitude	12th century	Preserved in the original structure
Fortification Bad Bodendorf	Bad Bodendorf	AW	RP				Picture desired
Bollendorf Castle	Bollendorf	BIT	RP	Niederungsburg	about 700	essential parts received
formerly moated castle Embken	Embken	DN	NRW	Moated castle	16th to 18th century	rebuilt several times, preserved
Lantershofen Castle	Lantershofen	AW	RP		1376/1708
Pissenheim Castle	Muldenau	DN	NRW	Niederungsburg	1500 about	Preserved essential parts
Burgsahr Castle House	Kirchsahr	AW	RP		17th century	receive
Burberg, Roman height fortification	Burberg	DAU	RP				Image desired
The castle	The castle	BIT	RP	Hilltop castle	13th century	Wall remains
Clervaux Castle	Clervaux	Canton of Clervaux	L.	Castle	12th century or earlier	Massively destroyed by German troops in 1944, reconstruction completed in 1994
Reichsburg Cochem	Cochem	COC	RP	Hilltop castle	destroyed around 1100, 17th century, rebuilt 1868–1877	neo-Gothic style
Bracht Castle	Brings	Canton of St. Vith	B.	lock	1782-1785	receive
City fortification of Cochem	Cochem	COC	RP
Daun Castle with Burgmann houses, Burghof and Waldenhof	Down	DAU	RP	Hilltop castle	around 1000	destroyed several times and rebuilt, preserved: curtain wall, bastion tower. A Celtic fortress from 700 BC has also been built over
Densborn Castle	Densborn	DAU	RP	Castle	13th century at the latest	Partial ruin	Image desired
Dodenburg Castle	Dodenburg	WIT	RP	Moated castle,	16th century, changed in 1891 in the form of the German Renaissance	receive
Dohm Castle	Dohm-Lammersdorf	DAU	RP	Castle, maybe a moated castle		Remnants of the curtain wall	Image desired
Dollendorf Castle	Blankenheim (Ahr)	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle	at 893	Wall and tower remains
Dreiser Castle	Dreis-Brück	DAU	RP	Castle house	1579	Fully preserved and restored, private property, apartments
Dreimühlen Castle	Ahütte	DAU	RP	Hilltop castle	13th century	ruin
Dreiborn Castle	Thriorn	EU	RP	Moated castle	middle Ages	receive
Dreis Castle	Three	WIT	RP	two-and-a-half-storey multi-wing system	1774		Image desired
Drove Castle	Drove	DN	NRW	Wasserburg, Niederungsburg	1728-1741	received or received substantial parts
Moth at Drove	Drove	DN	NRW	moth	first mentioned in the 13th century	Destroyed from 1643 to 1673, removed in the 19th century. Today only moth hill
Dudeldorf Castle	Dudeldorf	BIT	RP	Location	1100-1200	essential parts received
City fortifications Dudeldorf	Dudeldorf	BIT	RP	City wall city gate	1345	partially preserved
Eicks Castle	Eicks	EU	NRW	Moated castle	1344	Destroyed in 1365, rebuilt in 1680 using the old materials
Eltz Castle	Wierschem	MYK	RP	Hilltop castle	from 12th century	completely preserved
Entersburg	Hontheim	WIL	RP	Spurburg	from 11th century	Destroyed in 1138, Burgstall, small remains	Image desired
Eyneburg	Hergenrath	Canton of Eupen	B.	Hilltop castle	first mentioned in 1260	receive
Falkenstein Castle	Waldhof-Falkenstein	BIT	RP	Höhenburg, spur location	first half of the 12th century	essential parts received
Firmenich Castle	Firmenich	EU	NRW	Location	1500 to 1600	essential parts received	Image desired
Freilingen Castle	Freilingen	DAU	RP	Niederungsburg, location	14th century	worn down, Burgstall	Image desired
Roman (Celtic?) refuge	Auw on the Kyll	BIT	RP	between Auw and Preist			Image desired
Freudenkoppe	Neroth	DAU	RP	Hilltop castle	1337-1340	ruin
Freudenstein Castle	Brockscheid	DAU	RP		1340	the foundations can be found halfway towards Liesertal	Image desired
Föhren Castle	Pines	TR	RP	Castle	1340, rebuilt in 1663	receive
Gelsdorf Castle	Gelsdorf	AW	NRW	lock	13th century, castle 1766	Restored from 1980s to 1990s, private property
Genovevaburg	Mayen	MYK	RP	Castle	first time in 1281	largely preserved, Eifel Museum with German Slate Museum
Gerolstein Castle	Gerolstein	DAU	RP	Hilltop castle	110-1200	Wall remains, tower remains
Gerolstein fortification	Gerolstein	DAU	RP				Image desired
Ring wall	Borler	DAU	RP	Ring wall	probably early Celtic		Image desired
Ringwall Dietzenley	Gerolstein	DAU	RP	Iron Age ring wall		Leftovers	Image desired
Ringwall on the Hardtberg	Heilenbach	BIT	RP	Ring wall, Celtic?			Image desired
Gödersheim Castle	Wollersheim	DN	NRW	Moated castle	first time 1343	Remnants of the curtain wall and the heavily shaped gate
House Gronau	Huertgenwald	DN	NRW	Moated castle	approx. 17th or 18th century	receive
Gudenau Castle	Wachtberg	SU	NRW	Moated castle	120-1250	receive
Hamm Castle	Hamm	BIT	RP	Hilltop castle	11th century	Destroyed by fire in 1945 behind the facade, new building from the 1960s
Hardtburg	Stotzheim	EU	NRW	Wasserburg, Niederungsburg	11th or 12th century	well-preserved ruin
Hartelstein Castle	Schwirzheim	BIT	RP				Image desired
Hausen Castle	Hausen	DN	NRW	Moated castle	before 1348	essential parts received
Hengebach Castle	Heimbach	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle	before 1348	essential parts received
House Heppingen (Metternich Castle)	Heppingen	AW	RP	former moated castle			Image desired
Heimersheim, fortifications	Heimersheim	AW	RP				Image desired
Heistard Castle	Holzheim	EU	NRW	Wasserburg, Niederungsburg	around 1333	Round tower
Hillesheim Castle	Hillesheim	DAU	RP	Castle	before 1306	there are no remains above ground	Image desired
Hillesheim city fortifications	Hillesheim	DAU	RP		2nd half of the 13th century at the latest	considerable remains have been preserved
Holzheim Castle	Heister	DN	NRW	Niederungsburg	1333	received or received substantial parts
Hüngersdorf Castle	Hüngersdorf	DAU	RP		probably 13th century	Burgstall	Image desired
Icorigium , Roman fort	Jünkerath	DAU	RP	Fort	Beginning of the 4th century	no remains above ground have been preserved
Roman fort	Bitburg	BIT	RP				Image desired
Hospitaller Commandery	Adenau	AW	RP	Manor house with farm yard	12th century at the latest	partially preserved, used today for events	Image desired
Hospitaller Commandery	Roth an der Our	BIT	RP	Commandery / Coming of the Knights Templar	built first half of the 12th century	12th century destroyed several times, rebuilt and rebuilt in 1962
Jünkerath Castle (Glaader Castle)	Jünkerath	DAU	RP	Rebuilt in 1726–1737	Burned down after a lightning strike in 1737	Wall remains
Manderschscheid Castle Kail	Oberkail	BIT	RP	Moated castle	1340	Partially demolished in 1809	Image desired
Kallmuth Castle	Kallmuth	EU	NRW	Niederungsburg	13th century	receive
Celtic ring wall	Steineberg	DAU	RP	Ring wall	500 or 300 to 100 BC		Image desired
celtic refuge Hicastel	Olmscheid	BIT	RP	Fliehburg and Roman fortifications	6th century BC		Image desired
celtic refuge	Beautiful corners	BIT	RP	Fliehburg	400 BC Chr. To 100 AD	Dolomite blocks	Image desired
Kemplon Castle	Cochem	COC	RP				Image desired
Kasselburg	Meuspath	AW	RP				Image desired
Kasselburg	Pelm	DAU	RP	Hilltop castle	1100 to 1200	essential parts received
Katzenberg, Roman observatory	Mayen	MYK	RP				Image desired
Kastellberg, castle wall	Hörschhausen	DAU	RP				Image desired
City fortifications	Mayen	MYK	RP
Kempenich Castle	Kempenich	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	First mentioned around 1200	partly destroyed, partly rebuilt	Image desired
Kerpen Castle	Kerpen	DAU	RP	Höhenburg, spur location	around 1150	essential parts received
Valley fortification	Kerpen	DAU	RP				Image desired
Early medieval castle and tower castle from the Salier period	Kerpen	DAU	RP	Castle	10th and 11th centuries		Image desired
Kinheim Castle	Kinheim	WIT	RP	Castle	12th century	Leftovers, tower	Image wanted
Kirspenich Castle	Kirspenich	EU	NRW	Moated castle	second half of the 12th century	essential parts received
Klüsserath moated castle	Kluesserath	TR	RP	Moated castle	12th to 13th century, cellar from the 7th century	receive
Knoppenburg originally "Hof auf der Heyde"	Neudorf	Canton of Eupen	B.		16th century	receive
Niederburg Kobern	Kobern-Gondorf	MYK	RP	Hilltop castle		ruin
Oberburg Kobern	Kobern-Gondorf	MYK	RP	Hilltop castle		partially preserved
Kommern Castle	Kommern	EU	NRW	Höhenburg location	around 1350	received or received substantial parts
Stronghold cord	cord	TR	RP				Image desired
Kreuzberg Castle	Kreuzberg	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	from the 14th century, rebuilt several times	essential parts received
Kewenig Castle	Body	BIT	RP	Moated castle	First mentioned in 1231	Disintegrated in 1816 and was expanded from 1890 to 1891. A fire in 2013 caused enormous damage	Image desired
Kronenburg	Kronenburg	EU	NRW	Castle and fortifications	13th century	ruin
Kreuzau Castle	Kreuzau	DN	NRW	Hilltop castle	around 1330	received or received substantial parts
Kyllburg	Kyllburg	BIT	RP	Höhenburg, location	1239	partially preserved
Laach Castle	Kruft	MYK	RP	Hilltop castle, spur position, moth	11th century	Burgstall	Image desired
Laufenburg	Long suffering	DN	NRW	Hilltop castle	before 1100	received or received substantial parts
Landskron Castle	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	AW	RP
Liebieg Castle	Kobern-Gondorf	MYK	RP	Niederburg	Erected as a castle from 1255–1272	remodeled, restored, privately owned
Edinger city wall	Ediger-Eller	COC	RP	City fortifications	from 1362
Lehmen Castle	Clay	MYK	P	18th century	18th century		Image desired
Hofgut Lehmen residential tower	Ediger-Eller	COC	RP	Fortified Romanesque residential tower	1233/34	ruin
Lindweiler Castle	Lindweiler	EU	NRW	Moated castle	probably 13th century	laid down	Image desired
Lissingen Castle	Gerolstein	DAU	RP	Moated castle	13th century	completely preserved
Ließem Castle	Ließem	BIT	RP	former moated castle	2nd half of the 14th century	some modifications, mostly preserved	Image desired
Lieser Castle	Readers	WIT	RP	lock	1884–1887 on the site of the courtyard house built in 1710	receive
Lontzen Castle	Lontzen	Canton of Eupen	B.		before 1286
Löwenburg	Monreal	MYK	RP	Höhenburg, spur location	13th century	ruin
Phillipsburg	Monreal	MYK	RP	Höhenburg, spur location	13th century	ruin
Niederburg and Manderscheid valley fortifications	Manderscheid	WIT	RP	Hilltop castle	1133 or 1173	ruin
Manderscheid Upper Castle	Manderscheid	WIT	RP	Hilltop castle	1141-1146	ruin
Mauel Castle	Gemünd	EU	NRW	Niederungsburg?	first mentioned in 1353	Location not secure, no remains, overbuilt	Image desired
Monreal fortifications	Monreal	MYK	RP				Image desired
Monaise Castle	Yours	TR	RP	lock	1779-1783	receive
Martberg, Celtic oppidum	Pomerania	COC	RP				Image desired
Munchausen Castle	Wachtberg	SU	NRW	Wasserburg, Niederungsburg	893	received in large parts
Musweiler moated castle	Musweiler	WIT	RP	Moated castle			Image desired
City fortifications Münstermaifeld	Münstermaifeld	MYK	RP				Image desired
Lower Antweiler Castle	Antweiler	EU	NRW	Moated castle	16th century	received or received substantial parts
Malberg Castle	Malberg	BIT	RP	lock	Predecessor demolished in 1203, successor building in 1224, rebuilt in 1588
Mirbach Castle	Mirbach	DAU	RP			An artificial ruin was built on the remains of the historical foundation walls.	Image desired
Mont Royal fortress	Traben-Trarbach	WIT	RP	fortress	1687 to 1698	Ruin, few remains of the wall
Merkelshausen Castle	Oberpierscheid	BIT	RP	Hunting lodge	1892 to 1893		Image desired
Merode Castle	Merode	DN	NRW	Moated castle	first mentioned in 1170	Significantly damaged by a major fire in 2000, but has been rebuilt
Namedy Castle	Namedy	MYK	RP	Wasserburg, baroque palace	14th century	receive
Neuenahr Castle	Bad Neuenahr	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	around 1225	ruin	Image desired
Neublankenheim Castle	Leudesdorf	DAU	NRW	Hilltop castle	13th or 14th century	ruin
Neuerburg	Neuerburg	BIT	RP	Höhenburg, hillside location	892/1132	received or received substantial parts
Neuerburg	Neuerburg, Wittlich	WIT	RP	Hilltop castle	1140-1146	Ruin, remains	Image desired
Neuweiler Castle	Blankenheim	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle	11th century	small residues	Image desired
Niederbettingen Castle on the Kyll	Niederbettingen	DAU	RP	Hilltop castle	13th century at the latest	ruin	Image desired
Niederweis Castle	Niederweis	BIT	RP		1551	receive
Bettingen Castle	Bettingen	BIT	RP	Castle	13th century	ruin	Image desired
Site fortification	Niederbettingen	DAU	RP	partly moated castle		Rest of the surrounding wall of the high medieval former moated castle	Image desired
Nürburg	Nürburg	AW	RP	Höhenburg, summit location	around 1166	ruin
Oberhausen Castle	Oberhausen	Canton of St. Vith	B.	lock	18th century	receive	Image desired
Oberehe Castle	Superior marriage	DAU	RP
Odenhausen Castle	Wachtberg-Berbum	SU	NRW	Hohenburg (Wasserburg) in front of it moth	1000-1100	receive
Olbrück Castle	Niederduerenbach	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	around 1100	ruin
Ouren Castle	Ouren	Canton of St. Vith	B.	Höhenburg, location	12th century	ruin
Marienfels Castle	Remagen	AW	RP	Neo-Gothic	1859	receive
Pfalzel Castle	Pfalzel	TR	RP	Castle	1131–1152 about Roman palatiolum	cremated several times, built up, small remains	Image desired
City fortifications / fortress Pfalzel	Pfalzel	TR	RP				Image desired
Prüm Castle	Prüm	BIT	RP	Residence and Benedictine monastery			Image desired
Prümerburg	Prümzurlay	BIT	RP	Hilltop castle	around 1100 to 1200	ruin
Pützfeld Castle	Ahrbrück	AW	RP	Niederungsburg	around 1222	Wall remains	Image desired
Pyrmont Castle	Roes	COC	RP	Hilltop castle	End of the 12th century	preserved in parts, securing work, reconstruction is in progress
Quinter Castle	Quint	TR	RP	lock	18th century	receive
Ramstein Castle	cord	TR	RP	Hilltop castle	10th, successor building 14th century	ruin
Reetz Castle	Reetz	EU	NRW	Castle house	16th century	receive	Image desired
Raaf Castle	Eynatten	Canton of Eupen	B.	Moated castle	14th cent.	ruin
Raeren Castle	Raeren	Canton of Eupen	B.	Moated castle	around 1350	received or received substantial parts
House Raeren	Raeren	Canton of Eupen	B.	Moated castle	14th century	Preserved in its original form, private property
Reifferscheid Castle	Reifferscheid	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle	first mentioned in 1106	ruin
Reifferscheid valley fortification	Reifferscheid	EU	NRW				Image desired
Siege castle against Reifferscheid	Reifferscheid	EU	NRW				Image desired
Reinhardstein Castle	Ovifat	Malmedy Canton	B.	Hilltop castle	1354	received or received substantial parts
Reuland Castle	Burg-Reuland	Canton of St. Vith	B.	Höhenburg, location	11th to 12th century	ruin
Ring wall	Weinersheim	BIT	RP	Ring wall			Image desired
Ripsdorf Castle	Ripsdorf	EU	NRW		probably 13th century	Burgstall	Image desired
Rittersdorf Castle	Rittersdorf	BIT	RP	Niederungsburg, location	1263	receive
Rohr Castle	pipe	EU	NRW	Location	probably 13th century	Burgstall, small remains	Image desired
Rolandseck Castle	Rolandswerth	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	1122, maybe 1040	1445 ruin destroyed
Saffenburg	Mayschoss	AW	RP	Hilltop castle	around 1047	ruin
Satzvey Castle	Satzvey	EU	NRW	Moated castle	12th century	receive
Schleiden Castle	Schleiden	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle	12th century	receive
Schleiden valley fortifications	Schleiden	EU	NRW				Image desired
Schmidtheim Castle	Schmidtheim	EU	NRW	Castle	12th century	Foundation walls	Image desired
Schmidtheim Castle	Schmidtheim	EU	NRW	Moated castle	between the 16th and 18th centuries	Residential tower preserved
House Schneidhausen	Kreuzau	DN	NRW	Manor house	1743	receive
Schönecken Castle	Beautiful corners	BIT	RP	Hilltop castle	around 1230	ruin
Sweden Festival (Bauernburg)	Kirchweiler	DAU	RP		1743		Image desired
Seinsfeld Castle	Field of being	BIT	RP	Moated castle	around 1325	essential parts received
former Simonskall Castle	Simonskall	DN	NRW	Niederungsburg	1643
Thor Castle	Astenet	Canton of Eupen	B.		14th century	receive
Tomburg Castle	Wormersdorf	SU	NRW	Hilltop castle	around 900	Ruin, remains of the keep, well
City fortification Remagen	Remagen	AW	RP	City wall etc.	from 1357	Parts still visible
Stockem Castle	Eupen	Canton of Eupen	B.	Niederungsburg	18th to 19th century	received or received substantial parts
Proud castle	between Sötenich and Urft	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle		ruin
Stolberg Castle	Stolberg	AC	NRW	Hilltop castle	12th century	destroyed and rebuilt several times, preserved today in the overall picture
Stromberg	Near Ripsdorf	EU	NRW	Hill castle, moth		Remnants, could go back to the Celtic times	Image desired
Tandel Castle	Tandel	Canton of Vianden	L.	Hilltop castle	7th-9th Wooden structure, 10th century castle built	rebuilt several times, expanded, ruin
Trutzeltz Castle	Wierschem	MYK	RP
Ulmen castles	Elms	COC	RP	Hilltop castle	12th to 13th century	ruin
Ulmen valley fortifications	Elms	COC	RP				Image desired
Untermaubach Castle	Kreuzau	DN	NRW	Hilltop castle	1350	received or received substantial parts
Obermaubach Castle	Kreuzau	DN	NRW	Tower Hill Castle	1152	hardly any leftovers	Image desired
Viereckschanze	Eisenach	BIT	RP		late La Tène period		Image desired
Vianden Castle	Vianden	Canton of Vianden	L.	Hilltop castle	around 1000 to 1100	received or received in substantial parts
Vehn Castle	Sinzig	AW	RP	Wasserburg, castle	first mentioned in 1019	rebuilt several times, preserved
Vettelhoven Castle	Vettelhoven	AW	RP	lock	1890
Vettelhoven Castle	Vettelhoven	AW	RP	Castle house with corner tower,	15th century		Image desired
Schwedenschanze	Hillesheim	DAU	RP		Early modern age	no visible remains are preserved	Image desired
Veynau Castle	Wisskirchen	EU	NRW	Wasserburg, Niederungsburg	around 1340	received or received substantial parts
Wachendorf Castle	Mechernich	EU	NRW	lock	The present castle was built around 1780.	received, wedding location of the registry office Mechernich and Zen temple
Virneburg	Virneburg	MYK	RP	Hilltop castle	second half of the 12th century	ruin
Vischel Castle	Vischel	AW	RP	Moated castle	9th century	The present castle was built in 1829.
Vlatten Castle	Vlatten	DN	NRW	Niederungsburg	before 1331	received or received substantial parts
Vlattenhaus	Eynatten	Canton of Eupen	B.	Moated castle	14th century	destroyed, remains, reconstruction
Waldenburghaus originally "Merols Castle"	Kettenis	Canton of Eupen	B.		first mentioned in 1266	receive
Wallerode Castle	St. Vith	Canton of St. Vith	B.	Hilltop castle	17th century	receive	Image desired
Wassenach Castle House	Wassenach	AW	RP		1772	receive
Weilerbach Castle	Bollendorf	TR	RP	Moated castle	1777-1780	receive
Weims Castle	Kettenis	Canton of Eupen	B.		first mentioned in 1334	receive
White Tower	Ahrweiler	AW	RP	Residential tower	13th century	receive
White Tower	Weißenthurm	MYK	RP	Customs and residential tower	early 15th century	receive
Welschbillig Castle	Welschbillig	TR	RP	Moated castle	12th century	ruin
Weir system with moats on the Ritschberg	Oberweiler	BIT	RP		pre-Christian time		Image desired
Winneburg	Cochem	COC	RP
Wensburg	Lind	AW	RP	Spurburg	13th to 14th century	ruin
Wernerseck Castle	Attention	MYK	RP	Hilltop castle	1202	ruin
Wildenburg Castle	Hellenthal	EU	NRW	Hilltop castle. Spur position	1202-1235	receive
Wildenburg	Bürvenich	EU	NRW		11-12 Century	receive
City fortifications Winningen	Winningen	MYK	NRW	City fortifications	from the 1398 begun, 1568–1583 replaced by a curtain wall	Leftovers, city gate
Zievel Castle	Lessenich	EU	NRW	Niederungsburg	1107	well preserved
Electoral Cologne state castle Zülpich	Zülpich	EU	NRW	Niederungsburg	14th century	received or received substantial parts
Zur Leyen Castle	Kobern-Gondorf	MYK	RP	Castle	14th century	preserved, but the street was led through the building
Burg Zur Leyen also Burg Ockerfels	Urzig	WIT	RP	Hilltop castle	1200-1250	Leftovers with new parts
Zewener Tower	Zewen	TR	RP	Weir system and customs station	Early 13th century	receive

See also

• List of castles, palaces and fortresses in North Rhine-Westphalia
• List of castles, fortresses and palaces in Rhineland-Palatinate

literature

• Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. A lexicon of the "permanent houses" . J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7 .
• Dirk Holtermann, Holger A. Dux: The Düren castle tour. Cycling between the Rur and the Eifel. Bouvier, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-416-02979-8 .
• Dirk Holtermann, Harald Herzog: The Euskirchen Castle Tour. Cycling between Erft and Eifel. Walter Rau, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-7919-0750-6 .
• Matthias Kordel: The most beautiful palaces and fortresses in the Eifel. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1999, ISBN 3-86134-482-3 .
• Karl Emerich Krämer : From castle to castle through the Eifel. 4th edition. Mercator, Duisburg 1986, ISBN 3-87463-066-8 .
• Michael Losse : Castles and palaces, noble residences and fortifications in the Vulkaneifel. Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-399-1 .
• Michael Losse: Castles and palaces in the Eifel. Regionalia, Rheinbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-939722-44-1 .
• Michael Losse: "Cheeky and firm, with vertical wall towers ... like a crown". Castles, palaces and fortresses on the Ahr and in the Adenauer Land. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-1774-1 .
• Michael Losse: Theiss Castle Guide. High Eifel and Ahr Valley. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1775-0 .

Web links

Commons : Castle in the Eifel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Castles of the Eifel
• Castles, palaces and ruins in the Vulkaneifel
• List of castles and palaces on eifel.de
• Castles and palaces on eifelfuehrer.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Barsberg (2) (Forsthaus Barsberg, Bongard municipality, Ringwall) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 5, 2016.
2. ↑ http://www.konejung-stiftung.de/mm-historyguide/Drover-Berg-Tunnel-Flyer-otal.pdf Motte at Drove