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Bürresheim Castle

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Bürresheim Castle

Recommended by 60 hikers out of 62

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    August 22, 2018

    Bürresheim Castle is also occasionally a location for television or cinema productions. Among other things, it also appears briefly in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ...
    The walk to the inner courtyard and the inner courtyard are particularly worth seeing. The tour is quite nice. But anyone who has visited Eltz Castle may be a little disappointed ...

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      September 3, 2020

      A very nice destination. And next door in the mill you can eat well.

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        The oldest part of Bürresheim Castle is the imposing keep, a 12th-century tower that clearly reflects the castle's defensive origins. Over time, the castle developed into a complex double complex, consisting of the so-called Cologne Castle and the Trier Castle, which underwent different construction and expansion phases. While the Cologne Castle formed the older part and primarily served economic purposes—leading to its eventual decline—the Trier Castle was transformed into a prestigious residential palace, which continues to shape the character of the entire complex to this day.

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          August 31, 2020

          Bürresheim Castle stands northwest of Mayen on a rock spur in the Nettetal. It belongs to the local parish of Sankt Johann. Together with Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle, it is one of the few facilities in the Eifel that was never conquered or devastated and the wars of the 17th and 18th Wikipedia

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            October 25, 2020

            Bürresheim Castle invites you to take a look at the life of the nobility between the 15th and 20th centuries.

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              August 14, 2022

              Beautiful castle in the middle of the forest on the edge of the road

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                February 27, 2024

                Beautifully located, this castle was also used for various film productions. A viewing is recommended.

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                  June 28, 2025

                  Bürresheim Castle in Sankt Johann was built around 1157 as a rocky spur castle at the confluence of the Nitzbach and Nette rivers by the noblemen Eberhard and Mettfried von Neumagen zu Bürresheim.
                  They built the Romanesque keep, the curtain walls, and two neck moats.
                  The late Gothic Cologne Castle with a drawbridge was built in 1339 by Archbishop Philipp I of Heinsberg.
                  The Trier Castle was added to the Cologne Castle by the bailiffs of Leutesdorf as a residential building.
                  The three-story round tower with 4-meter-thick walls and a half-timbered upper story was built in 1473 by Johann von Breidenbach.
                  The Breidenbachs made Baroque alterations between 1659 and 1700, as well as a chapel connecting the keep and the residential building.

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                    August 16, 2018

                    Interesting gear. Guided tours are offered.

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                      September 2, 2020

                      Just like Bürresheim Castle, one imagines a real fairytale castle: Built on a hill in the middle of a large forest clearing, it suddenly appears in front of the visitors ...

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