CastleLangerwehe

Laufenburg Castle

Restaurant

Laufenburg, a historic hilltop castle near Langerwehe in the Düren district of North Rhine-Westphalia, was originally built in the 12th century by the Limburgers as a knight's castle for territorial defense and now serves as a restaurant.

History+

Laufenburg was founded in the 12th century by the Limburgers, who used it as a knight's castle to secure their dominion. The associated village, later known as Langerwehe, developed nearby. In 1359, the region fell to Jülich, which diminished the castle's military significance. Over the following centuries, Laufenburg changed noble owners multiple times, until the last lady married banker Eduard Rossbach in 1841. In 1881, the castle became the property of the Hoesch industrial family from Düren, before being acquired by the Stolberg manufacturer Prym in 1913.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: http://www.zeche.org/

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Location: 50.7914, 6.3575