#burgreifferscheid #reifferscheid #eifel #hellenthal

A letterbox seen in Hellenthal-Reifferscheid (Euskirchen district, North Rhine-Westphalia)
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Briefkästen, #letterboxes, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel

Nobody is perfect - and neither are the builders of this house in the historic castle village of Reifferscheid/ Eifel, (Hellenthal, district Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Fenster, #windows, #Architektur, #architecture, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

Houses and alleys in the historic castle village of Reifferscheid/ Eifel, (village in the municipality of Hellenthal, district Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia), near the frontier with Belgium.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

One of the entrances to the historic castle village of Reifferscheid/ Eifel, (village in the municipality of Hellenthal, district Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

The Reinzelbach (creek) below Reifferscheid Castle/ Eifel (municipality of Hellenthal, district of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Bäche, #creeks, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

Former gatekeeper's house and stables of the outer bailey of Reifferscheid Castle/ Eifel, (municipality of Hellenthal, district of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia) - from the front and back.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Burgruinen, #Architektur, #architecture, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

Reifferscheid Castle in the Eifel, (part of the municipality of Hellenthal, district of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia) at an altitude of 450 metres, was owned by the noble family of the Lords of Reifferscheid, who were first mentioned in a document in 1195 and were at times quite influential in the Rhineland.
The castle, which was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, probably dates back to the time before 1106. Today it lies in ruins and was donated to the municipality of Hellenthal by Princess Cecilie von Salm-Reifferscheid in 1965.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Burgruinen, #Architektur, #architecture, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

The Matthiastor (town gate) to the historic village and castle Reifferscheid/ Eifel, (village in the municipality of Hellenthal, district Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia).The white tower is the keep of the otherwise ruined castle.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Stadttore, #town_gates, #Architektur, #architecture, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen