Schloss Paffendorf

Schloss Paffendorf, Germany

Paffendorf Castle in Bergheim in the Rhein -Erft district is a popular destination today. It has been used by RWE Power as an information and event center since 1976.

A bailiwick of Paffendorf was first mentioned in 1230.

After 1516 the property was brought (transferred in 1531 ) by Maria Mascherel von Rode, daughter of Winand V. Mascherel von Rode, lord of Burg Wijnandsrade (near Nuth , Province of Limburg) to her husband Wilhelm von dem Bongart , lord of Burg Bergerhausen his father-in-law also gave him Wijnandsrade, which remained in the possession of the Barons von dem Bongart until 1916). Paffendorf Castle also remained one of the secondary residences of the family for over 400 years. It only became the main office at the beginning of the 19th century. The last lady of the house, Marietta Freifrau von dem Bongart, sold the property to a predecessor company of RWE Power in 1958, when the Fortuna-Garsdorf open-cast mine at that time expanded the boundaries of theCastle park reached. In 1818, the von Bongarts had bought the Curmen manor house and all of its lands a few hundred meters to the north from the last owner, Count von Golstein, and then let the manor house fall into disrepair. The estate, which was first mentioned in 1196 and had long belonged to the von Harff family , consisted of a motte and a bailey with moats. On the site next to the Jewish cemetery , only a few impressions of the site can be seen today.

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