Alte Burg Longuich

Longuich, Germany, Germany

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Alte Burg Longuich is a late Gothic fortified manor house in the village of Longuich along the Mosel River, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, first documented in 1360 as the seat of the Plate von Longuich knightly family under the Reichsabtei St. Maximin.

Deemed dilapidated by the 15th century, it was upgraded in 1496 with permission from Trier's Elector Johann II, adding bay windows, walkways, and defenses in a distinctive late Gothic style that defines its current three-story slate structure with a defense tower and small corner turrets.

Passed through families like von Benzerath and von Retenich—who gained pressing rights in 1694—before acquisition by St. Maximin Abbey in the 18th century, it lost its upper floors and turrets in 1790; post-secularization in 1802, it served agricultural uses and now functions as a guesthouse, vinothek, and cultural venue preserving its knight's hall and cellars.