Nürburg Castle

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The Nürburg

The Nürburg is the ruins of a castle peak in the Eifel near the village of Nürburg south of Adenau in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It stands within the Nordschleife of Nürburgring on a 678 m high volcanic basalt cone. It can be visited for a fee.

History

Was first documented the plant in 1166 as Noureberg or Mons Nore, but it is considered likely that there already in Roman times, a signal station to secure the important Roman road was that ran through the Eifel.

As the actual builder of the Nürburg applies Graf Ulrich, who is mentioned in a document from the year 1169, although already his father Dietrich I. of Are started on the mountain with the construction of a refuge. The descendants of Ulrich called themselves the " men of Nürburg and Are" and were vassals of the Archbishops of Cologne and to the Holy Roman Emperor.

In 1290 the castle was in the possession Kurkölns, since there were no descendants of those of Nürburg more. The Archdiocese appointed a bailiff, who was henceforth to represent its interests.

The construction of the castle was carried out in three stages. After the construction of the rectangular core kennel castle walls were built as a second mounting ring 1340-1369 under the bailiff John of Schleiden. In the 15th century a third ring to protect the hitherto freely accessible Burgmann homes that are no longer received today was born.

Already in the 16th century, the castle was in a very bad state, over which deplored the reigning bailiffs. There were then made ​​multiple restoration work.

During the Thirty Years War, the Nürburg in 1633 occupied by the Swedes under General Baudissin, looted and damaged. 1674 imperial troops occupied the castle.

1689, French soldiers destroyed the plant permanently. The donjon was obtained initially as a prison, but was 1752 for no longer usable. The castle was abandoned and used as a quarry.

In 1818, Prussia was restored by the keep, as he above with its height of 678 m. NN should serve as a trigonometric point. In the course of this work the outer ward was demolished. Today only testify the existing remains of the ramparts of their existence.

In 1949 the ruins in the possession of the State Office of Historic Monuments of Rhineland- Palatinate, before the administration of State-owned Palaces Rhineland -Palatinate (now castles, palaces antiquities Rhineland -Palatinate ) took over the care. The latter had multiple works (most recently 1988/89) make for exposing spilled components, and backup and restoration work.