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    April 10, 2018

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    Here you have a beautiful view of the castle Kreuzberg, which would provide without any problem material for an exciting history soap. Including fierce family struggles over possession of the …
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    September 22, 2022

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    Kreuzberg was first mentioned in a document in 893 in the Prüm Urbar as Cruceberg. Around 1100, the settlement came into the possession of the Counts of Are, who had a first house built on the Kreuzberg for one of their administrators.[5] Archbishop Konrad von Are-Hochstaden enfeoffed Kuno von Vischenich (also Cuno/Cono/Conz von Fischenich), knight and steward of the Archbishopric of Cologne, with Kreuzberg and allowed him to build a fortified castle on the mountain, the construction of which he supported financially.
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    December 29, 2016

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    The castle Kreuzberg is the only inhabited castle in the Ahr valley. Private property is not open to the public except the castle chapel.
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