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Blankenheim Castle is a castle complex above the municipality of Blankenheim in the Eifel. It was built as a hilltop castle around 1115 by Gerhard I and was the ancestral seat of the Blankenheim family.

Bad Münstereifel, also known as Outlet City, is a very lively Eifel town. Many outdoor shops and fashion stores are located in the city center. A lot was destroyed in the 2021 flood, but much more has been rebuilt/reproduced here than in many other affected communities.

The city center of Bad Münstereifel is (along with the villages along the Ahr) one of those places that were particularly hard hit by the heavy rain catastrophe in July 2021. Virtually the entire city center was under water when you look at the peacefully rippling river Erft today, simply unimaginable. In the meantime, the traces of the devastation have been erased almost everywhere.

A very beautiful castle above a great little town. Restorations are already well advanced. Definitely worth a visit

Even if the castle cannot be visited because it is privately owned, its location high above the village of Kerpen is very impressive and gives the beautiful village a certain charm. Kerpen Castle is a so-called spur castle, which lies on a rock or mountain spur, but below the hilltop or the mountain peak, unlike the summit castle, and thus steeply above the valley. It is characterized by a terrain formation that slopes steeply on at least two sides. The place is practically at the feet of the castle. The former owner and famous Eifel painter Fritz von Wille was buried on a hill behind the castle in 1941. For a long time afterwards, it served first as a training center and finally as a rural school center; from 2016 to 2018, refugees were accommodated here. The castle currently belongs to an entrepreneurial family from Bonn and has since been used only for private residential purposes.

Small, historic town center with the Ahrquelle and the possibility to rest a little in a cafe

The ascent to the castle is worthwhile just for the view of the old Blankenheim, numerous information boards also provide information about the baroque garden and the Tiergarten tunnel - unfortunately no longer there.

Already too grown unfortunately we couldn't get any closer