Dudeldorf Castle

Northwest view of the castle Dudeldorf

The Dudeldorf castle is the most important monument in the local church Dudeldorf in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. The castle stands in the northwest corner of the former city wall of Dudeldorf, which was built in 1345 and restored 1451-1453.

History

The original castle was Dudeldorf in the 12th century still of two castles, the origin of time is not known. A nobleman of Dudeldorf is already called 1052. In the 14th century the family died from those of Dudeldorf.

The castle occupies the northern part of the city wall, which serves as the perimeter of the castle here. The overall structural layer consists of the medieval, rebuilt in the 19th century to the school residential tower, which cultivated in the 18th century mullioned manor house, the yard with archway and garden with gazebo. The above a vaulted basement uplifting keep bears at the height of the top floor of its three floors anchor numbers, the date 1734th It is the year of repair and the start of construction of the mansion by Balthasar Seberger commissioned by Wolf Heinrich Gottfried Braun of Schmidtburg. His father Heinrich Gottfried bought the castle in 1701. Example, was created by Henry Brown of Schmidtburg from 1734-1735 Dudeldorf the castle, then called Nassauisches house. The second house still appears in the Austrian cadastral map from 1766, but was used as a sheep barn because of the bad state. The longer of the two stressed by Kantenquaderung wing is dated to the middle of his three skylight portals below a double coat of arms in 1735. The southern wing was rebuilt in the first half of the 19th century for elementary school teachers with apartments. Further repairs were made in 1847, 1853 and 1886. The entrance hall is by a fireplace in sandstone arches as former hall kitchen to recognize. In the space of the ground floor - the former courtroom - is a shallow, worn- niche with rocaille. On the second floor, a fireplace surround is obtained with molded lintel of the 18th century. The archway of the leading from the town to the castle courtyard path is called on his capstone beneath a ruined marriage coat of arms of 1715. Rises at a garden wall over the foundations of an outwardly projecting former defense tower, a garden house of the 18th century from 1994 to 1995 reconstituted hipped roof that still has areas of baroque windows painted on its outer wall. During World War II the castle was no longer a school, but as ammunition dumps of the Wehrmacht.

Current usage

The castle is partly privately owned and inhabited. The courtyard and the farm buildings are cultural events. The renovated part with the tower is part of the local community Dudeldorf and can be booked for weddings.

Plant

From the old castle tower and the castle wall are still preserved. The current system appears as two -winged manor house with an older three-storey residential tower in the southwest corner of the facility.