Gödersheim Castle

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Gödersheim Castle, 2015 aerial photograph

Gödersheim Castle (German: Burg Gödersheim) is a ruined, Late Gothic,[1] water castle a few kilometres from Wollersheim, a village in the borough of Nideggen, in the county of Düren in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is located in the valley of the Neffelbach and has been protected as an historic monument since 22 October 1993.[2] The owners of the castle ruins and surrounding land were the Rhineland Regional Association (Landschaftsverband Rheinland) but, in 2016, an immediate neighbour, Helmut Waldmann, owner of the , bought the ruins and adjacent buildings. He intends to demolish the buildings and build flats in the gatehouse and the ruins.[3]

Literature[]

  • Paul Clemen (ed.): Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Düren (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz. Band 9, Abt, 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf, 1910, pp. 355–358.
  • Ulrich Coenen: Architektonische Kostbarkeiten im Kreis Düren. 2nd edn. Mainz, Aachen, 1989, ISBN 3-925714-27-8, pp. 226–227.

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References[]

  1. ^ U. Coenen: Architektonische Kostbarkeiten im Kreis Düren, p. 227.
  2. ^ Description of the castle ruins, retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Wollersheim: Burg Gödersheim: Von einer Ruine zum Schmuckstück?". 5 January 2017.

Coordinates: 50°40′29″N 6°32′48″E / 50.674682°N 6.546744°E / 50.674682; 6.546744

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