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Schloss Hülchrath

Germany · 12th century

Founded
c. 1150
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
Location
Grevenbroich
Coordinates
51.1232°, 6.65841°
Links
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Schloss Hülchrath in Germany
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Description

Schloss Hülchrath is a former territorial castle of the Electorate of Cologne in Hülchrath, a district of Grevenbroich, in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss. The moated palace on the Gillbach goes back to a castle of the 12th century and has preserved a large part of its medieval fabric.

The history of the complex illustrates very well the typical development of a noble seat in the Rhineland: through continuous growth a wooden motte changed, by way of a two-part moated castle in the Renaissance, into a palace complex which, after destruction in the 17th century, was rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century in the neo-Gothic style. In the Middle Ages the Hülchrath complex was one of the most important territorial castles of the Cologne territory.

The palace complex is today in private ownership and is partly used for residential purposes. A visit to the interior is not possible. The grounds are moreover accessible only with the owner's permission. The palace served as a filming location for the fairy-tale film Das Wasser des Lebens (2017) and for the Tatort episode Es lebe der König! of 2020.

The palace and village of Hülchrath are protected as a conservation area. In addition, the palace has been protected as an architectural monument since 27 March 1985.

Machine-translated from “Schloss Hülchrath” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Schloss Hülchrath ranks #5,395 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #492 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,447 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Düsseldorf, 14 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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