Fortress Adenbach
Fortress Are
Fortress Heimerzheim
Burg Linz
Castle Miel
Fortress Morenhoven
Fortress Münchhausen
Fortress Overbach
Fortress Wissem
Ruins of the Fortress Löwenburg
Ruins of the Fortress Windeck
Ruins of the Fortress Saffenburg
Fortress Godesburg with St. Michael Chapel
Castle Poppelsdorf
Rheinbach Fortress Castle of Alfter
Castle Auel
Castle Drachenburg
Castle Merten
Moated castle Adendorf
Moated castle Gudenau
Moated castle Lüftelberg
Moated castle Mauel
Moated castle Müttinghoven
The dungeon tower was maintained
- Witch Tower in Rheinbach
Rheinbacher Burg mit Hexenturm
(Rheinbach Fortress with witch tower)
Stadt Rheinbach
Schweigelstraße 23
53359 Rheinbach
Telephone: +49 (0)22 26 / 91 70
Telefax: +49 (0)22 26 / 91 72 15
Email: infothek(at)stadt-rheinbach.de
www.rheinbach.de
City map
The Rheinbach fortress was erected in the second half of the 12th century by the knights and Messrs. of Rheinbach. The fortress were walled-in border fortifications with several towers, which were surrounded by water ditches. In 1673, the city was destroyed by the troops of the Prince of Orange. Today, only the witch tower is maintained, which is open to the public. The former donjon is a mighty four-floor round tower made of quarry stone. Its diameter amounts to 9 metres and it has a height of 34.5 metres. The room in the lowest floor was probably used as the dungeon in the years of the witch-hunting (1631-1636). Inside of the tower in the ground floor there are inner cesspools; in the third floor there is a fireplace and a wall opening to the battlements of the former city wall.
