Leuvenburg Castle

Leuvenburg is a fairly young building, built in the XVII century, although many refer to it as a medieval castle. Near the palace there is an armory room where you can find weapons and armor of the XV-XVI centuries, and a chapel where the tomb of the founder of the castle is located.

Löfvenburg Castle is often called a “forged castle”. The ideological inspirer of the castle-forgery is William IX himself, who commissioned the architect to erect a structure that could be compared with English medieval palaces. The castle looks like a real fortress, although in fact it is not a fortress.

To implement the idea of William IX, the architect specially had to go to England, to study the ruins of English fortresses, and draw up a plan for the construction of the magnificent Levenberg and the adjacent garden. The whole complex is one beautiful garden in the English manner, with thematic branches. This is the first such facility in Europe. In the garden you can see fake palace ruins, fake aqueducts of Rome, and even temples of Greece. Outside, the castle is surrounded by a moat, and you can get inside thanks to a drawbridge.

The interior atmosphere of the castle is also unique. Here you can find original medieval furniture, altar slabs, weapons and armor, decorating walls, tables for games, bronze statues and stained glass windows. The castle was deliberately built as if it had participated in many battles and sieges. In fact, the antique effect is artificial. Most of the halls and parts of Leuvenburg are freely accessible to tourists. Near the castle there is a weapons room with weapons and armor of the 16th-17th centuries, as well as the chapel-grave of the founder.

Leuvenburg does not have such a history as the more famous German castles, but it deserves a place in the list of the most beautiful castles in Germany.