CastleZülpich

Zülpich Castle

To be privately owned

Zülpich Castle, a historic lowland castle in the town of Zülpich, North Rhine-Westphalia, has origins dating back to Roman times. It is a simple but defensible castellan castle with high corner towers.

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The history of Zülpich Castle begins with a Roman castrum, which later served as a royal palace for the Merovingians and Carolingians. After its destruction by Normans in 881, the Palatine Counts of Aachen built a new castle in the 10th century. In the 13th century, the Archbishopric of Cologne and the Counts of Jülich vied for power, leading to a new fortification of the town and castle by Electoral Cologne from 1255. Following the defeat in the Battle of Worringen in 1288, Cologne pledged the castle to Jülich, who erected a new complex.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: Jörg Heldt

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