To be privately owned
CastleDodenburg
Dodenburg Castle
In the year 1231, the Archbishop of Trier, Theoderich, documented and confirmed a settlement between Himmerod Abbey and the knight Werner von der Pforte zu Bruch concerning properties near Rodenerde "unweit Dodenburg and Monasterium" (Heckenmünster). Werner von der Pforte was a follower of Theoderich von Bruch.
Dodenburg itself is first mentioned in Trier documents from 1279 as "Dudenburg". The moated castle gave the place its name. The castle was rebuilt in the Baroque style by the Imperial Counts of Kesselstatt in 1791/94. The two-wing building with its round corner turrets, which still recall the former moated castle, is also privately owned today. The park with its avenues still exists in its original form.
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