Engers Castle

The origins of the current castle date back to 1371, when Archbishop Kuno von Falkenstein acquired the town of Engers and had Kunostein Castle built on the banks of the Rhine. This castle later served as a customs station under his successor Werner von Falkenstein. In 1757, the Trier Archbishop and Elector Johann Philipp von Walderdorff decided to modernize the old castle. By 1758, he changed his plans and had the castle demolished to make way for a new palace. Between 1759 and 1764, the current late-Baroque Engers Castle was built according to the designs of architect Johannes Seiz, with the involvement of artists such as Michael Eytel, Januarius Zick, and Ferdinand Dietz. After the end of the Electorate, the castle was assigned to the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg in 1803 and later served as a Prussian war school from 1862 to 1914.