Schloss Marienlay in Morscheid

Marienlay Castle near Morscheid
The vineyard that shapes the landscape on the eastern slope of the Ruwer Valley, where vineyard planting began here at the end of the 19th century. A winery that is bordered on three sides by a road-parallel courtyard, built between 1922 and 1927 from local slate quarry stones. The original pressing house, which occupied the courtyard, was demolished in 1961.
The two-story cellar, which underpins the entire complex in a rectangular shape, is accessible at the slope level as a single-story base floor. In 1962, new auxiliary buildings (cellar facility, packing and storage hall) were added, subordinate to and respectful of the slope's appearance.
The clearly structured, cubic building on a regular floor plan is divided by a three-story part cube under a steeply sloped hipped roof and semi-circular protruding flank towers under conical roofs. The south wing is extended by a battlemented annex, likely added in the last construction phase, featuring brick inserts. Here on the gable side, there is a Gothic-style Madonna of Vines from the late 19th century in a niche.
With its functional layout, grouping of clear cubes, rectangular window designs, and the formation from local slate, the winery is appropriately designed for the architectural trend of the Heimatstil. The style approach, which clearly recalls French chateau architecture, is here reduced to a few accents and the roof forms. Thus, this winery, which completes the period of the winemaker villas on the Saar and Ruwer, sets a distinctive cultural and stylistic accent for its genre.
Functional part of the winery is the associated vineyard site that contributes to its appearance
Opening hours: upon request