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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. Schloss Wachendorf – Burg Satzvey loop from Euskirchen

25.8km

01:32

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2. View of the Voreifel Landscape – Brother Klaus Field Chapel loop from Flamersheim

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02:28

400m

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3. Brother Klaus Field Chapel – Werther Gate, Bad Münstereifel loop from Schönau

48.5km

03:10

520m

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Didada

April 6, 2024

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 lower floors of the central tower and significant sections of the wall of the north-western half of the manor house come from the medieval castle.

From 1287 onwards the Wachendorf family was documented as lords of the castle. In the late Middle Ages the property was a sub-lordship of the Duchy of Jülich. In 1434 Otto von Wachendorf gave the castle to Emmerich Brent von Vernich, who later gave it to Werner von Hompesch. The granddaughter Cecilie was married to Johann von Palandt. In the early 16th century the castle at that time came into the possession of the noble Palandt family. Johann von Palandt was one of the most important knights of the Jülich dominion. In 1628 witch trials under the lord of the castle Marsilius III led to a death sentence. von Palandt led to the death 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 lands 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 the private property of his descendants, the Müller von Blumencron family.

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Mike 🇪🇺

March 26, 2018

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 Education Center and was used as such for a few years.
Some rooms on the ground floor were then used for catering.
In 2014 the castle was extensively renovated. Now the lord of the castle lives in the castle.
Rooms are also rented out for celebrations such as weddings etc. There is now also a registry office at Wachendorf Castle.
The castle itself cannot be visited, but you can view the building from the outside on a tour of the park.

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PeterStar

August 8, 2019

Very well restourietes castle. Unfortunately privately owned.

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

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1. Schloss Wachendorf – Burg Satzvey loop from Euskirchen

2. View of the Voreifel Landscape – Brother Klaus Field Chapel loop from Flamersheim

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