Burg Kreuzau, Medieval castle in Kreuzau, Germany

Burg Kreuzau is a rectangular farmyard of rubble stone, still partly ringed by dry moats, on the slope above the Rur in Kreuzau. Its residential building dates from the 17th to 18th century, while the farm buildings were repeatedly altered reusing old walls. The main castle was destroyed by Lieutenant Colonel von Torck in 1668; the site was damaged in the Second World War, reduced to the first floor and rebuilt in its present form in the early 1970s.

The lowland castle by the old Roman road crossing of the Rur was held by the Schinnemann family; in 1384 Dietrich Schinnemann sold it with all rights to the Stift St. Johannes in Jülich for 2000 gold guilders. After the Walrave and Raesfeld families, Colonel Dietrich Adolf von Torck seized it in 1668 and had the main castle destroyed. The von Torck family held it until 1883; in 1931 Wilhelm Schmitz acquired it, and today it is farmed.

The name Kreuzau is tied to the castle that gave the settlement its identity, and the site is still a working farm. The residential house dates from the 17th to 18th century, while the farm buildings were repeatedly remodelled using the old walls. Local tradition holds that the north aisle of the parish church St. Heribert was built in 1906 and 1907 on the foundations of the main castle destroyed by von Torck.

Burg Kreuzau is a working farm, not a museum, so the courtyard and buildings are not open to visitors. The complex sits above the Rur in Kreuzau, Kreis Düren, and is best seen from the public paths and bridge area around the village. The dry moat and Bruchstein walls can be made out from outside.

The castle is a working farm today, not a museum. Its dry moats and Bruchstein walls survive, but the main castle was destroyed by Dietrich Adolf von Torck in 1668. Local tradition holds that the north aisle of St. Heribert church was built in 1906–07 on the foundations of that lost main castle.