The remains of the Castle can be visited
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Winneburg Castle
The Winneburg, also known as Winnenburg, is the ruin of a hilltop castle in the area of the city of Cochem on the Moselle.
The castle is located in the Eifel, a good 80 meters above the valley of the Endertbach, which flows into the Moselle only about 2.5 kilometers southeast near the city of Cochem. The castle belongs to the city of Cochem in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate. The nearest major city is Koblenz, which is about 40 kilometers northeast.
The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 1304 as the property of a Wirich von Wunnenbergs. In the following centuries, the castle complex was steadily expanded but remained in the possession of the Lords of Wunnenberg (later Winneburg). After this lineage died out in 1637, the castle came into the possession of the Metternich family in the mid-17th century.
In 1689, during the War of the Palatine Succession, the castle was besieged, captured, and blown up by French troops. The Winneburg was not rebuilt thereafter and remained a ruin.
In 1832, Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich bought the castle ruin, but it was not rebuilt. Since 1932, it has been owned by the city of Cochem.
Present Day+
The appearance of the castle ruin today is dominated by the good 22-meter-high round keep, which has a diameter of 8.5 meters. It is clearly visible from the Moselle valley and stands steeply on a mountain spur above the Endertbach valley. The castle rock was covered with grapevines until the second half of the 19th century, but today it has a dense mixed forest. The ascent from the valley to the ruin is steep and rather arduous.
The castle is entered from the north via a bridge that leads over a partially refilled moat. In the extensive castle complex, which has been restored in recent years and thus saved from further decay, there are still numerous clearly towering remains of the palas, other residential and economic buildings, the outer bailey, and the ring wall.
The ruin is not managed and is freely accessible at all times.
The Winneburger Tross association strives to recreate medieval life in a castle as authentically as possible and therefore organizes events several times a year at Winneburg and Reichsburg Cochem.
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