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Cochem Castle is a castle complex in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Cochem on the Moselle River. It is the town’s landmark and stands on a prominent mountain cone at 154 m above sea level (entrance) above the town. As a hilltop castle, it belongs to the hilltop castle type.
According to the results of recent castle research, the complex, which served as a toll castle in the Middle Ages, was probably built around 1100 or in the first half of the 12th century. After it was destroyed in the 17th century, the Berlin merchant and later Privy Councillor of Commerce, Louis Fréderic Jacques Ravené, had it rebuilt between 1868 and 1877 in accordance with the Romantic style of castles. Cochem Castle was designed in the Gothic Revival style during the Historicism period. According to the Rhineland-Pfalz Monument Protection Act, it is a protected cultural monument and is listed in the state’s list of monuments. In addition, the complex is a protected cultural asset under the Hague Convention and is marked with the blue and white protective symbol.
