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March 05, 2023

Flatland castles - moated or silted up


One of our road trips we discovered that the region is literally plastered with moated castles. Some of them are in ruins, some of them nicely restored, some of them are still surrounded by water, others are drained.

Castle Gudenau (13th century)





Castle Adendorf (14th century)



Castle Lüftelberg (13th century)

Castle Heimerzheim (13th century)



Castle Efferen (14th century)


Castle Hemmerich (13th century)



Castle Rösberg (18th century)




Castle Ringsheim (13th century)



Castle Niederkastenholz (12th century)


Castle Hardtburg (11th century)



Many of those castles are in private hands, and sometimes even lived in, so access was very limited. However, they are impressive to look at.

9 comments:

  1. Man that is a lot of castles in that area! I bet they're not cheap to heat!

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    1. Most of them have been renovated up to code and turned into smaller apartment units, hence heating will be not that big of an issue. Besides, those who chose to reside in such a venue won't have to worry too much about energy bills.

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  2. Immer wieder faszinierend für mich, so historische Bauten. Da wird immer so eine spezielle Atmosphäre ausgestrahlt, das kommt auch in den Fotos rüber. Gerne habe ich mir diese tollen Bilder angeschaut, danke!
    Gruss vom Werner und Loki

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  3. was fuer tolle Fotos von all den Burgen, wunderbar!

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    1. Ja, Ihr werdet viel zu tun haben, wenn Ihr erstmal wieder in DE seid...

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  4. Were each of the castles somewhat autonomous? Or under some central government or control? Seems like a lot of them.

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    1. No, the castles are often in private hand of aristocratics (or Sheiks or Russian oligarchs), only few are government (province) owned.

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  5. Unglaublich, wie viele Burgen Ihr da gefunden habt!! Und das die auch oft noch bewohnt sind ... ich bin ganz baff! Ich habe es schon oft gesagt und sage es immer gern wieder ... toll, was Ihr so alles entdeckt und uns daran teilhaben lasst!
    Weiterhin viel Spass und noch mehr Entdeckungen aller Art! glg ela

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  6. Ja, und das sind längst nicht alle, nur die "um die Ecke". Die Eifel ist ein toller neuer "Spielplatz" für uns. LG SonjaM

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