Stadtbredimus Castle

607 : Stadbredimus Castle is first mentioned in a document 792 : Owned by the abbey of Trier 893 : Owned by the abbey of Prüm 1294-1478: Owned by the lords of Bourscheid 1478-1616: Owned by the lords of Wiltz 1671-1699: Owned by Wolff Heinrich von Metternich Bourscheid. 1704: Freiherr Jakob von Bonylle (lord at Bubingen and canon of Worms) buys the castle from Metternich Bourscheid's descendants 1708: The bailiff Dominik Schoultgen buys the castle 1724: Dominik Schoultgen rebuilds the castle. From then on it remains unchanged until 1957. 1758: Ownership is transferred to Jean Vesque 1750-1760: The abbey of Prüm manages to buy back some of its former property. The abbey divides the Primerbierg (German: Primerberg = Prümerberg) amongst the inhabitants, with the condition that they have to cultivate it and pay rent every year. Even today the Primerbierg is one of the best wine-growing areas of the Luxembourgish Moselle 1769: Baron Johann Franz von Marschall buys the castle. The following were his guests from 19 to 29 August 1792: King Louis XVI's brothers, the counts of Provence and of Artois, the future kings Louis XVIII and Charles X, and the writer François-René de Chateaubriand. 1802 : The de la Fontaine family becomes the owner 1858-1881: Dicks inherits the castle from his aunt Françoise de la Fontaine, and lives there with his wife Pauline Dutreux. 1884-1890: The lawyer and author Alexis Brasseur lives in the castle 1920s: The Reichling family buys the castle. 1957: The bailiff Pierre Uhres, of Miersch, buys the castle and has it renovated: a second storey is added to the living quarters, and the wing is re-built. 1971: The wine company "Domaines de Vinsmoselle" buys the castle and establishes their headquarters there, which is opened in 1978. In a side building, they open the restaurant "An der Tourelle".