- Type
- Castle
- Location
- Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Style
- Romanesque architecture
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 50.3528°, 7.1797°
History
The castle on a rocky spur above the Nette was first recorded in 1157. In the Middle Ages it was a Ganerbenburg, shared by several families tied to the archbishops of Trier and Cologne, which is why two separate groups of buildings grew up within its walls. From 1473 Bürresheim belonged to the lords of Breitbach, who after the Thirty Years' War turned it into a comfortable residence and laid out a Baroque garden. When their line died out in 1796 the castle passed to the counts of Renesse, and in 1938 it came into public ownership. It is one of the few castles in the Rhineland never to have been captured or destroyed.
What to see
The castle appears round a bend in the wooded Nette valley, all steep roofs, turrets and towers. Guided tours lead through rooms that keep furniture, paintings and household objects from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century, gathered by successive owners. Beside the residential part stand the ruins of the older complex with its tower, and a small Baroque garden has been recreated at the foot of the walls.
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