
Served as a set for a scene in the movie „Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade“, Bürresheim Castle dates from the 12th century, beginning as a fortress and gradually converted into a living Baroque castle. (more…)
Served as a set for a scene in the movie „Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade“, Bürresheim Castle dates from the 12th century, beginning as a fortress and gradually converted into a living Baroque castle. (more…)
As Diekirch was first mentioned in a document as late as the year 1182, there are only assumptions about its history between the 4th and 12th century. What is known is that the settlement had arisen due to (more…)
The lands of Monasterium in Eiflia, as they were known in the 11th century, or Münstereifel, belonged in the 8th century to the powerful Abbey of Prüm. In 830, its third abbot built a daughter monastery and a church here – ‘Novum Monasterium in pago Eifle situm’. (more…)
Hubert, or Hubertus (655/665-727), was a nobleman and a passionate hunter (the hunt at that time was a privilege only for the nobility), close to the Carolingian family. On one Good Friday, instead of going to church, he set off for a chase. But in the forest, a stag with (more…)