Cologne District

Wachendorf Castle

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

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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March 26, 2018

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Wachendorf Castle was probably built around 1780 and was rebuilt several times.
Between around 1970 and 1980 it was used as a girls' boarding school.
It then became a Buddhist …

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Didada

April 6, 2024

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Wachendorf is first mentioned in 1190 as a Vogtei. On the site of Wachendorf Castle stood a knight's seat with a keep-like tower, originally with a late Gothic spire. This …

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June 13, 2021

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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.

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