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
Impressing dimensions
- Ruins of the fortress Windeck
The ruins of a fortress give a little impression of the size of the former wide fortress. Today, the ruins of a fortress Windeck is classified as a historical monument.
Burgruine Windeck
Verkehrsverein Windecker Ländchen e.V.
Rathausstraße 12
D-51570 Windeck-Rosbach
Telephone: +49 (0)22 92 / 194 33
Telefax: +49 (0)22 92 / 60 12 94
Email: WFGWindeckmbH(at)t-online.de
www.windeck-online.de
The formerly impressive fortress was mentioned in a document for the first time in 1174 as “Neu-Windeck”. The fortress served as border fortifications of the Earl von Berg against the Earls von Sayn (Homberg) and the Messrs. von Blankenberg. After 1435, the border fortifications was widely expanded. The fortress was destroyed in the Thirty Years’ War and in 1672 by the French, and was never re-established. Since then it had been serving as a quarry. In 1960, the ruins were restored, the palace walls newly erected and the donjon safeguarded. In the 1980s, archaeological examinations and conservation works were carried out, and the ground plan was found, which gave an idea of the impressing dimensions of the fortress. Today, the ruins of a fortress Windeck are classified as a historical monument.
