Lohmar Castle

Lohmar Castle is a former moated castle in North Rhine-Westphalia. It belongs to the city of Lohmar in the Rhein-Sieg district.

The former moated castle is located in the Agger valley at an altitude of 64 meters above sea level, about half a kilometer west of Lohmar's city center. The area is outside the built-up area, directly between the river and the A3 federal motorway.

Around the middle of the 14th century, the Gothic moated castle was built by Count Dietrich II of Loos and Chiney, Lord of Heinsberg, Blankenberg and Löwenburg, presumably on the remains of an older manor house. However, the construction of the new castle was apparently unlawful, as can be seen from a document from the builder's nephew, Count Godart von Loen, dated March 19, 1361. Dietrich von Loen owed it only to the friendship of the Count of Berg that he did not have to demolish the castle immediately. Godart committed himself in any case to use it only as a residence and not to fortify it further.

By 1400 at the latest, the castle passed from the possession of the von Loen family to the von Ro(i)de family, who, however, first transferred it as collateral to the married couple Gerhard von Reven and Juetgin von Hatzfeld and finally sold it on May 21, 1444. The castle then belonged to the von Reven family until the end of the 17th century. The last lord of Lohmar was Jost Max von der Reven, bailiff of Beyenburg and Palatine Privy Councillor, who died on August 28, 1693.

Until Lohmar Castle came into bourgeois hands in 1818 through sale to the Contzen family, several changes of ownership were recorded. In 1875, the estate was finally divided into two agricultural properties.

Even today, the castle is still in private hands.