Burg Aldenrath
Hürth
Access
No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found
- Where
- Hürth
To make a day of it
Open within 20 km
Aldenrath stands in Hürth (Rhein-Erft-Kreis), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.
The Burg Aldenrath no longer stands: this fortified residence near Hürth, in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, was torn down in 1936 to make way for lignite mining. Held as a fief of the Cologne cathedral provostry, the house had been rebuilt in brick with a moat by Adam von Wolff-Metternich in 1558, and later altered in the 19th century by the von Mylius family, who replaced its roofs and reshaped the tower. Nothing of the structure remains visible today, as the site was levelled along with the hamlet it once belonged to.
What to know
- There is no structure left to see on site, the castle was entirely demolished in 1936.
- The location lay within the former hamlet of Aldenrath, which also disappeared as lignite mining expanded.
- No opening hours, admission fees or visitor access exist, since the building was razed.
- The castle's history is documented mainly through archives and local accounts rather than through an on-site visit.
Where this château is
Hürth · Rhein-Erft-Kreis · Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Address
Hürth, Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.
- Heritage status
- Protection status unknown
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Frequently asked
- Can you still visit the Burg Aldenrath?
- No, it was completely demolished in 1936 because of lignite mining and nothing remains of it.
- Where was the Burg Aldenrath located?
- It stood near the now-vanished hamlet of Aldenrath, in what is today Hürth, in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Who built the Burg Aldenrath?
- The building standing until its destruction was rebuilt in 1558 by Adam von Wolff-Metternich, on a site occupied since the Middle Ages.
- Why did the Burg Aldenrath disappear?
- It was torn down in 1936 to make way for the expansion of an open-cast lignite mine.
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Sources
Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.
