Wildenburg (Bürvenich)

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The Wildenburg is a former ducal-Jülich administrative building in Bürvenich , a district of Zülpich , Euskirchen district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

Historical view
View of the gallery building

The origin of this castle in Bürvenich cannot be precisely dated. Its location directly on the former Roman trunk road Cologne- Zülpich- Reims suggests a late Roman origin. Certainly a Theodoricus von Bürv enich from a local noble family is documented around 1166 .

In the course of the 12th century, the castle became the property of the Counts of Maubach and then the Counts of Jülich as their heirs and successors. After the founding of the Cistercian monastery in Bürvenich, the castle, which was about 500 meters away from the village, served to protect the monastery and remained in the possession of the Jülich ruling house until 1764 .

With the introduction of the Bergisch-Jülischen land law in 1555, the Wildenburg became the seat of court for Bürvenich and ten other villages. In 1619 a large part of the monastery burned down . In the course of the reconstruction of the monastery under the abbess Catharina von Wevorden , the Wildenburg was also redesigned in 1655 with the inclusion of the medieval building fabric. At that time it was probably the residence of the abbesses.

In 1764, the last Vogt , Carl Caspar Rudolph Trimborn, bought the facility and, by and large, gave it its current appearance. The arcades on the ground floor of the tower on the street side represent an ingredient from the turn of the century before last .

Since the Wildenburg has always been owned by the Jülich rulers and has never become property of a noble knightly family, it never developed to a size commensurate with its status.

The castle is still owned by the Trimborn descendants today.

Building description

The four-winged complex, grouped around an inner courtyard, consists of a residential building with an adjacent archway and a service courtyard to the northwest. In the southwest there is a house garden enclosed by quarry stone walls , in the northwest a large meadow surrounded by walls , which was formerly a park-like tree garden.

The main house is a two-storey two-wing quarry stone building with a high roof. The core of the house dates from the 17th century.

The stable is a specialty. Its half-timbered courtyard side from 1655 still has the original, cantilevered wooden gallery .

literature

  • Harald Herzog: castles and palaces. History and typology of the noble seats in the Euskirchen district . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7927-1226-1 .
  • Harald Herzog and Norbert Nussbaum: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Monuments in the Rhineland. Volume 9.5: City of Zülpich . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1988, ISBN 3-7927-0969-4 .
  • Paul Heusgen: History of the village and monastery Bürvenich . Volksblatt print shop, Euskirchen 1932.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '26.68 "  N , 6 ° 36' 1.4"  E