Travelog post for: Knopf

Today we took a walk to the ruins of Isenburg castle.



Some Inofrmatio boards were put up in 2002


Here we are in the main part of the former living areas. The Isenburg was built in 1240 by Dietrich von Isenberg who wanted to reclaim his father's inheritance: some of the profitable land of the convents of Essen and Werden. In 1244 those plans came to an end when the archbishop of Cologne conquered the castle. In the following decades it was the biggest and most important fortification in the area, but not for long. In 1288 it was destroyed and never rebuilt.









We also walked around the castle, which was built on the heights above Lake Baldeney.





The rock itself has an interesting structure with little caves.