Prümerburg Castle, Prümer Burg, Germany

The Prümerburg is a ruined hill castle on a roughly 30-metre-high lias-sandstone rock on the upper edge of the valley of the Prüm in the municipality of Prümzurlay in the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The Prümerburg, a fief of the counts and dukes of Luxembourg, is first recorded in 1337, but was probably built in the 12th century. In the immediate vicinity there was an earlier prehistorical hillfort (Wallburgen). The castle's features include the remains of a pentagonal bergfried. The Prümerburg is believed to have burned down in 1658.

In 1337, Walter of Meysenburg is the first recorded vassal. In 1351, Godfrey of Meysenburg and his wife, Catharina of Homburg, were the enfeofees, later Prümzurlay, like Clerf, went to the lords of Brandenburg (a side line of the counts of Vianden). Subsequently there is evidence that the von Vinstingen and von Haracourt families (both by marriage) were vassals. A line of the von der Heyden family bought the Lordship of Prümerburg in the Early Modern Period, along with Niederweis and Stolzemburg.

To the northwest in the valley, the castle chapel, the Late Gothic former Chapel of St. Nicholas, has survived.

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Titus Poulus (3 years ago)
Not much left of it, but a great hike up there!

Liana Cabule (_Lii_) (3 years ago)
Hard to find access, it's on the left side of the road, through a residential home!

Tania Dominguez (4 years ago)
Loved these ruins. Great view of the town below. Awesome rock formations. From these ruins you can go to the Irrel Wasserfälle. It says about 2k but I felt like it took way longer. We parked next to a rapeseed field and walked through a small village till we got to a sign saying Prümerburg. Take the first street on your left. If I can figure out how, I'll add GPS coordinates. 49.869036,6.445405 this is where we parked. 49.871431,6.443402 this is the start of the trail. Easy to miss. It's a small grassy path. If you go to the falls and back up to Prümerburg there is a small shortcut to get you back to the parking spot. When you see the statue of the saint keep right. It'll take you up to the main road which you can walk along. It's not a very high traffic but be aware there's no official path. You are literally walking alongside the road for maybe 30meters or less.

Louis J. (6 years ago)
Very beautiful location and nice dowinhill paths to hit with your mountainbike!

Manon Massari (6 years ago)
Beautiful views from the tower and lovely surrounding forests.

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