Burg Kempenich, Medieval castle in Kempenich, Germany.

Burg Kempenich is a castle in Kempenich with stone walls, defensive towers, and fortified structures arranged across the hillside landscape. The building displays the typical layout of a medieval fortress with multiple connected structures.

Burg Kempenich was first mentioned around 1200, though it may have existed by 1147. It belonged to the lords of Kempenich until 1424, when the family died out and armed disputes over the inheritance followed. In 1689 French troops under Louis XIV besieged and heavily damaged the castle, which was then partly rebuilt. Two new wings were added in 1769 for 1,016 Reichstaler.

The name Kempenich passed from the lords of Kempenich to the pledge-holders: Anton von Eltz held it from 1581, and Maria Antoinetta Juliana brought the pledge to her husband Hans Jacob zu Eltz in 1663, founding the Eltz-Kempenich line still seated at Burg Eltz. Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich, born at Kempenich, died in 1743 as Elector and Archbishop of Mainz.

The castle is in private ownership, so the grounds and buildings are not open to visitors; the structure is best viewed from outside. It stands on a wooded hillside above Kempenich in the Eifel, and the steep approach paths are unpaved.

The castle is in private ownership today: the remaining old building was converted into a forestry house in 1822, and this house with the surrounding grounds still belongs to private owners. The two new wings added in 1769 cost 1,016 Reichstaler.