Burg Graurheindorf

The Graurheindorfer Burg (also Burg Graurheindorf or Rheindorfer Burg) is a Schloss located in the Graurheindorf district of Bonn

Graurheindorfer Burg
View on Burg Graurheindorf

History

On the site of today's mansion there was already a manor house since 1131, which was expanded into a castle around 1478. The present manor house was built in 1755 according to plans by Michael Leveilly of Maria Debèche.[1]

Architecture

The three-story house with an almost square ground plan is located in the middle of a park at the end of an avenue and was built in the style of a small Lustschloss. The façade of the house is structured by Haustein-framed segmental arches. On top of the steep gambrel sits a push-up spire with an octagonal turret. The entrance is reached by a central double-flight staircase.[2]

Current usage

The building is privately owned and used as a dwelling. The castle, the park and a stone path cross stand as a monument under Cultural heritage management.[3]

References
  1. Andreas Denk, Ingeborg Flagge: Architekturführer Bonn. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 1997, ISBN 3-496-01150-5, p. 78
  2. Rheindorfer Burg on alleburgen.de
  3. Denkmalliste der Stadt Bonn, Nummer A 104
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