Burg Arloff

Castle in Bad Münstereifel, Germany

Arloff Castle (German: Burg Arloff) is on the river Erft in the village of Arloff, part of the borough of Bad Münstereifel in the county of Euskirchen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The buildings of the former water castle of Arloff, which today look somewhat ordinary by the River Erft, belong to the typologically important castles of the Rhineland, because such a well preserved example of a purpose-built fortification from the Early Gothic period is rare. It was originally surrounded by moats which were fed by the Erft. In the Middle Ages it was of strategic importance due to

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Type:

Castle

Where:

Bad Münstereifel, Germany

Coordinates:

50.59°N, 6.79°E

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