Schweppenburg, Baroque castle in Brohl-Lützing, Germany

Schweppenburg is a Baroque castle in the Brohl valley at Brohl-Lützing, given its present form by a rebuild between 1637 and 1639 under Bertram von Metternich. The former defensive castle, used as a farm building until then, was demolished in 1785. The estate has belonged to a branch of the Cologne patrician family von Geyr since 1716.

Schweppenburg was first mentioned in 1365 as a castle and came to Arnold von Schweppenburg, a lay judge in Andernach, in 1377 as a fief of the Electorate of Cologne. Bertram von Metternich rebuilt it in Baroque style between 1637 and 1639. The old defensive structure, used as a farm building, was demolished in 1785. Since 1716 the estate has belonged to a branch of the Cologne patrician family von Geyr.

The Geyr von Schweppenburg family shaped the estate across generations and left marks on regional noble history. Today these connections still show in the property's details and its place in local memory.

The castle remains in private ownership, so visits are limited to viewing the exterior. From the street you can see the Renaissance features and distinctive towers clearly.

The Schweppenburg appears in Alexander Duncker's collection of lithographs, held today by the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin; the sheet is available there as a PDF of about 212 kB. The picture records the castle's appearance in the 19th century, before later changes to the grounds.