Schweinheim Castle

Schweinheim Castle is a former moated castle in the Schweinheim district of Euskirchen in the Euskirchen district, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Little is known about the founding of the castle. In 1333, a house, a farm, the village and a court "Schweinheim" are mentioned as a Jülich fief.

The former moated castle was a two-part castle complex surrounded by moats. In the 19th century, the outer bailey was demolished except for a corner tower and minor wall remains, and subsequently developed into a large agricultural estate.

Schweinheim Castle has recently come into public interest because the first identifiable German piggy bank, allegedly formerly belonging to a knight Spies von Büllesheim, was found here with medieval coins.