Schönecken Castle

Schönecken Castle is a ruined hill above the village of Schönecken in the Nims valley in the West Eifel mountains. The castle stands on the lowest hill ridge in the middle of a valley bowl. The site is guarded on all sides by higher hills. The castle was built around 1230. 

The castle occupies a 120-metre-long rectangular site with an enceinte and three projecting towers. In the east the site is guarded by a wide neck ditch. The three towers stand on the south side, two of them being still three storeys high. The two round towers probably date to the 13th or 14th century, the central, rectangular one is more recent. All three towers and their curtain walls have been part of a multi-storey residential building since no later than the 16th century, as depicted in an 18th-century painting.

Address
Auf dem Stoß 5, Schönecken, Germany

Established
1230