Clemency Castle (, ) is located in the little town of

Clemency A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the j ...

which is close to the Belgian border in south-eastern

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. The small residential castle adjacent to the church was built in the 1660s in the

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style. It had fallen into disrepair but was fully renovated in 2009 and is occasionally open to the public.

History

The castle was built in 1665 by Johann Ferdinand von Blanchard, a sire of Clemency. For building materials, he used the ruins of an earlier castle which stood on a site some 30 metres away from today's castle. Fifty years later, it was transformed into the Baroque style of the times. In 1721, after von Lanser had bought the property, it once again underwent transformations. In 1982, Jean Weis acquired the property which was inhabited until 2004."Barockbau mit modernem Ambiente: Schloss Küntzig in neuem Gewand: Keine verstaubte Antiquität, sondern eine gelungene Verbindung von Alt und Neu"
''Gemengebuet Gemeng Kéinzig''. September 2009, article from Luxemburger Wort, 8 May 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2011.

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