Thorn Castle
| Thorn Castle | ||
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 Thorn Castle, Palzem |
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| Creation time : | middle Ages | |
| Castle type : | former hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | inhabited complex | |
| Place: | Palzem | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 33 '6.8 " N , 6 ° 23' 0.7" E | |
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The Schloss Thorn is a converted former castle to castle within the same local part Schloss Thorn in the local church Palzem in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate .
location
Thorn Castle dominates the access to the Moselle valley and the Saargau on a hill cut out by the Moselle and Kreuzweiler Bach . It forms the south-western corner of the Trier-Saarburg district.
history
The name comes from the Latin turris (= tower). This was built about 2000 years ago to protect a ford as a Moselle crossing. The castle was built in the 13th century. The castle, which fell into disrepair at the end of the 15th century, was rebuilt in 1536 by the new owner except for two towers and part of the curtain wall. Today's castle was built from the remains of a medieval castle that was probably closed in a rectangle and reinforced by round corner towers. Structural extensions in the 16th and 17th centuries and the manor house from 1800 form an imposing assembly. In 1800, when the mansion was rebuilt, it was transformed into a palace complex and the former defensive structures were converted into garden terraces. One round tower was destroyed in the bombing in 1945, the second tower, a rectangular former residential tower , now serves as a gate tower .
From the Middle Ages on, Thorn saw various noble families as feudal men , such as the lords of Rollingen (hereditary marshals of Luxembourg), those of Bübingen and then those of Musiel (from Lorraine nobility), who also resided at Berg Castle (Luxembourg) . Via Marie-Amélie de Musil, married to Franz Baron von Hoiningen-Huene , the property fell to her daughter Marita (* 1923), married to Bertram Baron von Hobe-Gelting , in whose family he is today. Thorn is the oldest castle winery on the Moselle. The only preserved tree press in Europe is worth seeing .