Castles in Mayen-Koblenz

During the Middle Ages, Schloss Bürresheim palace was actually a castle, in other words, a knight’s residence and a fortress at the same time.

Construction of the castle of the Electorate of Cologne began around 1200. It was destroyed by the French in 1689 during the Palatinate War of Succession. The cannonballs, which were piled up to form a pyramid in the castle garden, date from the time of the Thirty Years' War. The town castle is one of the best preserved ruins on the Middle Rhine. The baker's boy festival and the medieval scoundrel market are held regularly against the backdrop of the castle ruins. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

The neo-Gothic castle of the princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn lies at the foot of the Sayn family castle. Awakened from its sleep two decades ago. today it is again an place open house and a place of hospitality.

 Das Schloss Sayn ist ein Schloss am Fuße des Burgberg der Burg Sayn.  

The citadel of Andernach was built by the Archbishopric of Cologne in the 12th century to secure the position of the city.

The pentagonal castle complex was built in 1402 by Archbishop Werner von Falkenstein. Today the castle ruins can still be viewed from the outside.

The location of Burg Namedy Castle in a flat plain on the Rhine near Andernach makes this noble seat founded by the Hausmann family stand out from most of the other castle and palace complexes. Burg Namedy Castle presents itself as a historicised complex with a mediaeval core and offers a unique setting for weddings, celebrations and concerts.

The castle LiebiegUnlike the two Koberner castles that tower high above the town, the two Gondorfer castles are located directly in place.

The predecessor building to today’s Bassenheim Castle was erected before 1317 in the location of the same name and was the ancestral seat of the Waldbott von Bassenheim family of ministriales. The complex is in private ownership and not accessible.

The castle of the Leyen COVERED OF WATER. Formerly surrounded by a moat is the castle of the Leyen - the former Gondorfer Oberburg - the only water castle on the Moselle