Luxembourg · Still standing
Ansembourg Castle
Ansembourg Old Castle is a medieval hilltop castle above the village of Ansembourg in central Luxembourg. First recorded in 1135, its core fortifications date to the 12th–14th centuries and it remains a privately occupied residence.
First raised
1135
Its prime
1400
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1400
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a wooded hill, the castle presents two cylindrical stone towers at either end of a compact range of connected buildings. The towers are built of warm beige-grey rubble with small slit windows and crenellated tops. Between them the domestic range has steep, dark slate roofs, several chimney stacks and small rectangular windows; a lower chapel-like block with a pyramidal roof abuts the curtain wall. Retaining walls descend the slope beneath the buildings.
Its story
The story of Ansembourg Castle.
Ansembourg Old Castle, one of the castles of Luxembourg's Valley of the Seven Castles, is first mentioned in 1135, when the lord of the castle was Hubert d'Ansembourg. At the beginning of the 14th century the south-western tower gate and the northern keep appear to have been built by Jofroit d'Ansembourg.
High above the little village of Ansembourg, the medieval castle remains the private residence of the current Count and Countess — Gaston-Gaëtan Count de Marchant et d'Ansembourg moved in after the death of his father. In 2008 the Luxembourg government acquired the family library of around 6,000 books; in 2011 the Count opened a seven-room bed and breakfast in one of the surrounding buildings, though the castle itself is closed to visitors and only the gardens open on some days.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1400.
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Clans who held Ansembourg Castle.
The families that held Ansembourg Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Ansembourg
The lords of Ansembourg held the castle from its first mention in 1135 under Hubert d'Ansembourg; Jofroit d'Ansembourg built the tower gate and keep in the early 14th century.
de Marchant et d'Ansembourg
Private residence of the Counts de Marchant et d'Ansembourg, who live in the castle today.
