Kriegshoven Castle

The moated castle, first mentioned in a document in the 13th century, is located in the Rhein-Sieg district between Bonn and Cologne on the edge of the Eifel. Today the castle and farm are privately owned by the von Scherenberg family for the sixth generation.

The name “kriegshoven” has no military background, as is often incorrectly assumed. The name “kriegshoven” contains, in addition to the word “hoven” for farm, the Low German epithet “kreek” or “kreech”, which means “wet, damp”. Consequently, the name refers to the damp, marshy terrain on which the castle was built.

A very beautiful moated castle, despite the rather martial-sounding name - which Elfi explains in her article - the visitor can feel at home here...