Winneburg Castle, Cochem, Germany

Winneburg Castle ruins stands about 80 metres above the Endert valley. It was built around 1240 and was the property of the family of Wunnenberg until the lineage died out in 1637. Around the middle of the 17th century the castle passed into the possession of the Metternich family.

Having been blown up by the French in 1689, the gate porch and the front courtyard are still preserved from the 13th century. In addition, the round keep and two half-towers with the almost 20 metre long great hall are still almost fully preserved. Apart from these there are the remains of housing and outbuildings from the 15th century. Today the castle belongs to the town of Cochem.

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Kristina (10 months ago)
The trek to this hidden gem is uphill for around 2 kilometers but it is well worth it and entirely rewarding! Not only can you self-tour the castle grounds for free but you can also most likely have the place to yourself because of how under the radar this place is. Plus the view of Cochem is worth it! 10/10

Roland Jäger (3 years ago)
Nice ruins to explore and spent a few hours if the weather permits.

zoomoxo (4 years ago)
Decided to take a walk to this place on Day-off. What a beautiful and peaceful place. Could spend the whole day here. Just sitting and enjoy the beautiful scenery and panorama ???

marco bekkers (5 years ago)
it is nice and quiet place. The castle ruin is in Nice condition... for a ruin... The views you have from the castle ruins are beautiful. Thinking of going back on different time of day

Sputnikski (6 years ago)
Not much too it. There is way to much exposure from the sun, it's quite a little annoying to find a good place to sit and eat without getting "burned from the sun". The grass inside the castle is quite tall, I think it should get cut. The stairs of the castle itself are quite old and broken. Anything then that, it is still nice to see it.

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