Raaf Castle

Raaf Castle, also spelled Raaff Castle, is the ruin of a residential tower in the district of Berlotte in the Belgian town of Eynatten. The castle was built at the end of the 14th century and is in very poor condition. It has been a listed building since 6 June 1986.
Raaf was a fief of the Aachen Marienstift and until about the middle of the 14th century probably owned by the Rave family, who gave the complex its name. The first owner known by name was Johann Crümmel von Eynatten, who was mentioned in a document from 1380. He also owned the castle of Ruyff in Henri-Chapelle. He bequeathed the property to his son Diederich, who succeeded his father as lord of the castle in 1439. On his death in 1452, part of the castle passed to Diederich's daughter Jutta and her husband John of Eys called Beusdael. Another part went to Jutta's brother Johann. His son of the same name from his marriage to Katharina von Schwarzenberg had a daughter: Maria, who married her second cousin, Heinrich von Schwarzenberg. For a long time, the von Schwarzenberg family argued with the Krümmels over Raaf Castle before an agreement was finally reached in 1531: the von Schwarzenberg family renounced Raaf, while the Krümmels renounced a house and estates in Raeren in return. In the end, however, Marie's son Johann von Schwarzenberg acquired Raaf Castle. His daughter Anna married Engelbert von Etzbach in her second marriage and gave him her share of the castle.

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