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Schloss Föhren
Föhren has belonged to the von Kesselstatt family, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, since 1445. The vast property is unique in the Trier area. The castle was built in the 13th century and transformed into a Baroque residence in 1663. Today, the property offers a romantic setting for a range of activities and events. Amongst the castle outbuildings is the tithe barn ("Zehntscheune") from 1820. The lofty structure was restored in the year 2000 to accommodate up to 100 guests for parties, seminars, conferences, concerts, exhibitions and other events. Schloss Föhren is located in the heart of the lovely Meulenwald forest. Meulenwald venison is available for purchase at Förhen's Hofladen store.Price Apartment 90,00 € per day (first and second day), then 60,00 € per day.
Leisure Activities
Golf courses:
Golfclub Trier e.V. | for every playing level | 5kmGolfclub Bitburg - Baustert e.V. | 52km
Golf - Resort Bitburg Land | 35km
Golfclub Weiherhof Nunkirchen | 58km
The Christmas Market
Come celebrate the Christmas season at the Schloss Föhren Christmas Market, one of the most romantic and intimate of its kind the Trier region.
In the festively decorated front castle courtyard, you will enjoy live holiday music, delicious snacks and beverages and handmade arts and crafts, in the best German Christmas tradition.
Hunting at Föhren
Schloss Föhren's 2,400 acre private hunting reserve in the Meulenwald is a virutally unmodified forest reserve where we hunt primarily wild boar, red deer and roe deer.
History
The first written mention of an estate at Föhren, then called "Furna", is in a document from archbishop Johann von Trier in 1203. It is highly probable that this name comes from the times of the Roman Empire and stems from "furnus", or oven ("furnace"). The ruins of ancient Roman ovens can be found on several sites in the area.
By 763, the estate belonged to Prüm Abbey, as well as land and other buildings in Furna. This we know from the deed documenting the donations made earlier by Pepin to the Prüm monastery. During this period it is very likely that an administrator from Prüm was assigned here and lived in one of the buildings on the estate.
It was not until the year 1340 that these buildings were transformed into a fortified castle and the estate and surrounding lands were made the fife of Kuno von Kuntzich.In 1406 Friedrich von Schleiden, the abbot of Prüm, attributed half of the estate and the village of Föhren to Alf von Bassenheim. Katharina von Kuntzich brought the other half of the estate to Arnold von Bassenheim through marriage.
In 1445 the brothers Alf and Cone von Bassenheim sold their estate along with the entire fifedom and appointments to Friedrich von Kesselstatt and his son of the same name. The estate has remained the the von Kesselstatt ever since.
In 1663 the fortified castle was modified into the residence as it still appears today. These changes were undertaken following the marriage of Johann Eberhard von Kesselstatt to the eldest sister of the Elector of Orsbeck in Trier.
Before the transformation of 1663, the castle had south and north wings, two separate structures with corresponding outbuildings. Legend has it that at a time before the buildings were joined two feuding brothers lived in the castle, one in each wing, regularly shooting arrows at each other from window to window. The left wing is late Gothic with its typical rectangular windows. The two wings were united with new construction in 1663, and the castle took on a square plan.A tower was also added in 1663. In fact, at least two towers were planned. Unfortunately we no longer know whether the cause was lack of funds or some other reason. Numerous sketches and plans from the period indicate clearly, however, that an amitious programme of construction was planned and then abruptly abandoned. In 1713 the north wing was given a ballroom.
In 1663 the castle was also given a moat, which was emptied and partially refilled with earth in 1949..
The other buildings on the estate served primarily for the very significant agricultural production of the time. Mills for grain and rape (oil) were kept busy with the tithe of one tenth of the harvest of surrounding peasants. This grain was stored in estate's tithe barn, the most recent version of which was built in 1820 upon the foundations of a smaller building.
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