Germany · Restored
Ehreshoven Castle
Ehreshoven Castle is a moated manor complex in Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, first recorded in 1355 and substantially rebuilt around the turn of the 18th century. The present ensemble combines a large four-winged front house with a three-winged rear manor that incorporates an older chapel and remnants of medieval fabric. From 1924 it has been a charitable foundation and the buildings were renovated in 1990.
First raised
1355
Its prime
1700
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1700
What Ehreshoven Castle looked like in its prime.
A rectangular moated complex of two main blocks: a large, pale-rendered four-winged front house set on the moat and a three-winged stone manor to the rear, joined by a short bridge over the water to form a central carriage courtyard. Steep dark slate roofs with multiple dormer windows and two small corner pavilions capped by onion-shaped domes punctuate the silhouette. To the north lies a formal French parterre garden with geometric beds, clipped hedges and straight gravel walks; overall the buildings sit surrounded by trees and the encircling moat.
Its story
The story of Ehreshoven Castle.
Ehreshoven Castle is a moated castle in Engelskirchen, east of Cologne, first recorded in 1355. It was originally owned by Siegburg Abbey, founded in 1164 by Archbishop Anno of Cologne, and in 1396 was given to the family of the counts of Nesselrode, who kept it for more than five centuries — until 1920.
Substantially rebuilt around the turn of the 18th century, the complex pairs a large four-winged front house with a three-winged rear manor incorporating an older chapel and remnants of medieval fabric. It has been a charitable foundation since 1924 and was renovated in 1990; television viewers know it as the residence of the fictional Count Johannes von Lahnstein in the series Verbotene Liebe.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1700.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Ehreshoven Castle — including 1 interior: chapel interior. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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Clans who held Ehreshoven Castle.
The families that held Ehreshoven Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Nesselrode
Held by the counts of Nesselrode from 1396 to 1920.
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