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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen
Mechernich

Wachendorf Castle

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Cologne District

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Mechernich

Wachendorf Castle

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Wachendorf Castle

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    Location: Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    1. View of the Siebengebirge – Gentle Path by the Pine Forest loop from Wachendorf

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    2. Bruder Klaus Field Chapel – View of the Cologne Lowland loop from Wachendorf

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    3. Bruder Klaus Field Chapel – Old Orchard Meadow loop from Eschweiler

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    October 17, 2018

    Nice to see ... A visit is not possible ...

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      November 8, 2020

      Wachendorf Castle is located in a large park with old trees. First mentioned in 1190. Wachendorf was originally the bailiwick of a noble lord over ecclesiastical property. From this a medieval moated castle developed to protect this manorial rule. Today the castle consists of an unusually large, three-storey mansion with a six-storey residential tower and buildings of the farmyard scattered across the site. Then there are the chapel, surrounding walls and the remains of the former bastions, ramparts and moats. The ocher-colored plaster and the red sandstone structures create the impression of a mighty baroque palace. The castle has been completely changed since 1780. At that time, Freiherr von Solemacher rebuilt the castle for his representative duties. In the overgrown castle park there is also the tomb of the last residents of the castle, those of Malinckrodt. Source: mechernich.de/tourismus-freizeit/sehenswert/kirchen-kapellen-schloesser-burgen/schloss-wachendorf

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        March 23, 2020

        Nice castle, unfortunately you cannot visit it but you can get married there.
        But everyone has to decide for himself whether he wants to come in like this. Hihihi ...

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          February 4, 2021

          Castle complex in Wachendorf (Mechernich municipality)

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            June 13, 2021

            Wachendorf Castle is located in Wachendorf, a district of Mechernich in the Euskirchen district of North Rhine-Westphalia.

            The castle was built in its current form around 1780. In 1883 it was last extended or rebuilt according to the model of a maison de plaisance. During this renovation work, the impressive main staircase and spacious halls were built. Today the building is an unusually large three-story manor house with around 60 rooms, a high mansard roof and a six-story central tower, partly surrounded by the remains of a formerly impressive fortification with ramparts and moats.

            Wachendorf was first mentioned as a bailiwick in 1190. On the site of Wachendorf Castle there was a knight's seat with a keep-like tower, originally with a late Gothic spire. This keep has been preserved as a central projection in the castle, now with a mansard roof. At least the basements of the central tower and significant sections of the walls of the north-western half of the manor house come from the medieval castle.

            In the early 16th century, the castle came into the possession of the noble Palandt family through marriage. Johann von Palandt was one of the most important knights of the Jülich dominion. In 1628, witch trials under the castle lord Marsilius III von Palandt led to the deaths of 16 people. From 1687, the property was inherited by the von Hatzfeld family, who sold it in 1768 to Anna Maria von Hallberg, née von Holtzweiler, the mother of the Electorate of the Palatinate's ambassador Heinrich Theodor von Hallberg. In 1780, Wachendorf Castle was acquired by the Bavarian Major General Adolph Freiherr von Ritz. In 1877, the Euskirchen district administrator Johann Peter Schroeder sold the property and the land to Baron Solemacher-Antweiler, who had the castle rebuilt to its current form. His son sold the property to Paul von Mallinckrodt in 1896. The castle is now privately owned by his descendants, the Müller von Blumencron family. It serves, among other things, as a wedding venue for the Mechernich registry office and as a Zen temple.

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              May 7, 2018

              Nice to look at, from the outside (you can't get in).
              By the way, it continues through a picturesque chestnut alley.
              (Picturesque especially for flowering in May).
              Be careful with the forest section that follows later: the paths do not end in just one place in the undergrowth.
              The path above could not be found without the navigation system.

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                December 29, 2018

                Well-preserved castle, which you can not visit spontaneously.

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                  January 22, 2017

                  Further information at: schloss-wachendorf.de

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                    July 23, 2018

                    Nice castle. Unfortunately private.

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                      December 9, 2020

                      Very well-kept castle and the facility is tip top. Great motive.

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                        June 3, 2021

                        Unfortunately, you can only see a small part of the castle from the outside. The interior is private. The castle seems to have been a castle once, the wall can still be seen like a moat (?)

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                          June 13, 2021

                          Unfortunately privately owned and not accessible

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                            September 1, 2022

                            Very nice to look at from the outside. I can also recommend Kastanienallee opposite.

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                              June 24, 2023

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                                February 24, 2025

                                The castle is very picturesquely situated on the outskirts of Wachendorf in the North Eifel. It was built at the end of the 18th century and is still surrounded by former fortifications and moats. A long chestnut avenue leads halfway around the village to the castle. The castle is privately owned. You can get married here at the registry office or rent it as an unusual wedding location.

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