The castle of Sainte-Madeleine, said Preisch Castle is a castle of the early seventeenth century with the remaining feudal elements, located in the village of Lower Rentgen in the department of Moselle.
History......
A first castle, feudal, was built in the area of Preisch Taken by Albert in 1122. The foundations of four towers of the first wall and moat remain. Belongs to Preisch successively mentioned as 1122, the Ottange from 1443, to Gerard de Gulch in 1500. This castle was destroyed in 1680.
The castle was now the property of Merode (after moults polemics and marriages), after being owned by the family of Rodemack. The main building is the first quarter of the seventeenth century, built for Marguerite de Merode-Soetern Houffalize and Conrad, whose monograms also always CSM adorn the building.
Successively becomes the property of Rooms in 1644, of Rahier in 1685, the rooms again in 1753. François Lasalle is redrill the berries of the castle between 1764 and 1789 and built the Sainte-Madeleine. The flags at the entrance area are the early nineteenth century, built to Milleret Jacques, owner of the castle from 1812 to 1832, who also built a landscaped garden around the castle. The latter's daughter, Marie-Eugenie Milleret will be canonized in 2007.
This park of 106 hectares, is surrounded by a high wall along seven kilometers, from the time of Napoleon I, and extending to the Luxembourg border. It is bordered by the Roman road Metz-Trier. A distillery, an oil mill, a brewery and a mill is constructed so that the castle became the real center of the hamlet.
Currently, 50 acres remain around the castle Preisch, maintained by sheep Hampshires and made available to visitors, hikers and picnickers.
Protection.
The castle is registered under the Historic Monuments by order of July 24, 1986 for its feudal, facades and roofs of the castle (and the right staircase inside), the loft and straw input. The stately chapel and the cross are classified as a Historical Monument by decree of May 10, 1995.
ANNE EUGENIE ( 1817-1830) - The Millerets spent half the year in Metz and the other half in Preisch. As a child Anne Eugenie said." she preferred to play rather then study." Play for her consisted in using up her youthful energy in the wide stretches of the family estate.
The castle was now the property of Merode (after moults polemics and marriages), after being owned by the family of Rodemack. The main building is the first quarter of the seventeenth century, built for Marguerite de Merode-Soetern Houffalize and Conrad, whose monograms also always CSM adorn the building.
Successively becomes the property of Rooms in 1644, of Rahier in 1685, the rooms again in 1753. François Lasalle is redrill the berries of the castle between 1764 and 1789 and built the Sainte-Madeleine. The flags at the entrance area are the early nineteenth century, built to Milleret Jacques, owner of the castle from 1812 to 1832, who also built a landscaped garden around the castle. The latter's daughter, Marie-Eugenie Milleret will be canonized in 2007.
This park of 106 hectares, is surrounded by a high wall along seven kilometers, from the time of Napoleon I, and extending to the Luxembourg border. It is bordered by the Roman road Metz-Trier. A distillery, an oil mill, a brewery and a mill is constructed so that the castle became the real center of the hamlet.
Currently, 50 acres remain around the castle Preisch, maintained by sheep Hampshires and made available to visitors, hikers and picnickers.
Protection.
The castle is registered under the Historic Monuments by order of July 24, 1986 for its feudal, facades and roofs of the castle (and the right staircase inside), the loft and straw input. The stately chapel and the cross are classified as a Historical Monument by decree of May 10, 1995.
ANNE EUGENIE ( 1817-1830) - The Millerets spent half the year in Metz and the other half in Preisch. As a child Anne Eugenie said." she preferred to play rather then study." Play for her consisted in using up her youthful energy in the wide stretches of the family estate.
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