En un regard
Le château en bref
At the heart of the winegrowing village of Wachenheim, in Rhenish Hesse, the upper castle or Oberburg, today the Schlossgut Lüll, is dominated by an imposing six-storey Gothic residential tower, some 25 metres high, which is said to be the largest in the region. The site was inhabited around 1330 by the dynasty of the lords of Wachenheim, and the tower was built around 1500, before serving as a refuge in times of war. A Baroque pavilion, the Kavaliershäuschen, was added around 1750. The estate was acquired in 1889 by Heinrich Stauffer, then passed to the Lüll family, who run a wine estate there. A private property, the castle can be admired from the outside, and the courtyard is accessible when the gate is open, out of respect for the residents.