Coraidelstein Castle

Coraidelstein Castle, also known as Klotten Castle, is the ruin of a hillside castle at 177 m above sea level on a hilltop on the Moselle above the municipality of Klotten in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate.

According to local tradition, the hilltop castle was founded in 960 by Count Palatine Hermann I. However, the first reliable mention of the imperial castle of Klotten dates back to 1294. At this time, the castle came into the possession of the Archbishop of Trier. The transfer to Kurtrier was confirmed in 1346. A knightly family of the same name can be traced back earlier. The castle was inhabited until 1830 and became a ruin at an undetermined point in time.

The oldest part of the castle is the ruin of the Romanesque keep, which cannot be climbed due to a pronounced gap in the masonry. The residential building (palas) was only built in the 16th century and later extended. - The castle is now privately owned.