Burg Arras

About the museum

Burg Arras sits atop a mountain spur above the Alf Valley near the Moselle. It is first mentioned in writing around 1120; according to tradition its origins go back to the 10th century, and the castle's owners even trace the fortified complex back to a late Roman border post. Recent research dates the keep – a good 20 meters tall with walls about four meters thick – to the mid-13th century.

French troops destroyed the castle in 1689 during the Nine Years' War (War of the Palatinate Succession); afterward it largely fell into ruin, with only the keep left standing. In the 19th century the ruin changed hands several times until mining director Traugott Wilhelm Dyckerhoff acquired it at the end of the 19th century and had it made habitable again from around 1907.

Since the late 1970s the complex has belonged to the Keuthen family, who set up a castle hotel with a restaurant there. Otto Keuthen was a nephew of Wilhelmine Lübke, wife of former German Federal President Heinrich Lübke. The castle museum therefore combines the regional history of the Middle Moselle – with a large collection of old Moselle views, portraits of the Electors of Trier, and armor and weapons – with a memorial to Heinrich Lübke displaying state gifts and personal mementos.

Highlights

• Medieval keep about 20 meters tall
• Collection of about 200 historic views of the Moselle
• Portraits of the Electors of Trier and prints from the Electorate of Trier
• Memorial room for Federal President Heinrich Lübke with a wall hanging once owned by Madame de Pompadour
• Castle chapel with a Gothic altar wing
• Armor and weapons

Operated by

Familie Keuthen (privat)

Admission & discounts

Admission for touring the castle including the museum.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Restaurant

Castle restaurant with knights' hall and castle terrace; castle hotel with ten themed rooms.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Weddings, wedding receptions, family celebrations, corporate events and conferences in several rooms of the castle, including the knights' hall; overnight stays in the castle hotel.

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