Top 20 Castles around Nordkirchen

The gate as a highlight? 👎 More likely the park and the castle, where the renovation work is progressing well. The crooked Mannenhaus and parts of the castle are already shining in new splendor here. Incidentally, this is where the most crooked part of the castle in Münsterland stands. The Mannenhaus (the building on the right) was built in 1719 as part of the baroque redesign of the castle. For this purpose, the subsoil of the castle island was refilled at this point - but over time it sank and the house slowly and gradually began to lean towards the moat. The foundation was stabilized in 2018 using a special process and the building was extensively renovated. Today it is a real eye-catcher. Further extremely interesting information: https://www.muensterland.com/tourismus/themen/erlebnis-region-muensterland/burgen-und-schloesser-im-muensterland/schloss-senden/

Sending Castle is one of the numerous moated castles in Münsterland. It is situated on the River Stever, which feeds the castle's moat. The Dortmund-Ems canal is located about 250 meters south of the palace complex.

The castle itself is unfortunately closed because it is privately owned. It's still worth taking a look at the outside. The water channels created are impressive.

In the "city of moated castles" Lüdinghausen, it is considered to be the oldest: Lüdinghausen Castle. Surrounded by a beautiful park, which used to form the fortification system of the castle, it is located in the heart of the city, right next to the town hall, and is now referred to as the "castle of the citizens", especially by the people of Lüdinghausen.

Sending Castle is on the SteverLandRoute and is one of four castles and palaces surrounded by Steverwasser on the second stage from Sending to Lüdinghausen. With its three-part gable, it is one of the oldest surviving monuments of this type in the region. The castle has always been of great importance to the people in the area, as it was the seat of the court for this part of the Stever region in the 14th century. The hotel, which was last housed in the castle, was closed after a fire in the roof structure in the 1980s and the building stood empty for a long time. This vacancy damaged the old masonry more than the Spanish fires and looting during the world wars, so that in 2014 the building was actually about to be demolished. In 2015, at the very last minute, so to speak, a development association acquired the property. Thanks in part to the efforts of the voluntary helpers from the Westphalia Youth Building Works, much has already been restored to this day, so that the castle can once again be used as an event location. In July 2018, the castle was honored as Monument of the Month in Westphalia Lippe by the LWL Monument Preservation Service due to this extraordinary commitment by citizens :) You can find out more about the palaces and castles on the SteverLandRoute at www.steverlandroute.de You can find more tips on the stages and detours in our collection, take a look! :)

Lüdinghausen Castle is a moated castle in Lüdinghausen in the district of Coesfeld. Together with Vischering and Wolfsberg Castles, it is one of three castles in the Lüdinghausen urban area. The Knights of Lüdinghausen, mentioned since the 12th century, were enfeoffed with the castle by Werden Abbey near Essen. At the same time, they were ministerials of the Bishop of Münster. Striving for independence, which culminated in the unauthorized elevation of Lüdinghausen to the status of a town, and the construction of Wolfsberg Castle led to the campaign of the Münster Bishop Gerhard von der Mark against Lüdinghausen in 1271. A tower was mentioned in historical records. After the defeat of the Lords of Lüdinghausen, Lüdinghausen Castle, unlike Wolfsberg Castle, was allowed to remain, but was declared the Bishop's open house. In 1334, a gatehouse, an old and a new stone house, each with a kitchen, and a keep were mentioned. The castle remained in the possession of the Lords of Lüdinghausen until the family died out in 1443, and then passed to the Bishop of Münster. In 1445, a castle chapel connected to the gatehouse was mentioned in the outer bailey. An inventory from 1450/51 also lists a bakery and brewery in the main castle and a building house and a cowhouse in the outer bailey. The castle was acquired in 1499 by the cathedral waiter Dietrich von Heyden, and after his death in 1509 it became the official residence of the cathedral chapter of Münster. In 1538, it was described as dilapidated. After a fire, between 1569 and 1573, the cathedral chapter Gottfried von Raesfeld had the castle rebuilt in the Renaissance style on the old walls. During the Thirty Years' War, the Hessians occupied the castle for three years and expanded it. In 1802, it passed into private hands and was home to an agricultural school from 1869 to 1972. In 1829 the keep was demolished and is now marked in the paving of the castle courtyard. In 1880 the west wing was replaced by a new building for the agricultural school and the outer bailey was renovated. In 1906/07 the gatehouse was modernized and the courtyard facade of the south wing was restored. In 2000 the castle was restored and converted into an events center.

The Renaissance castle of Lüdinghausen lies on the eastern side of the Vischeringschen Stever in a wide arc of the river. Together with Vischering Castle, 700m to the north, and Wolfsberg Castle, which is only 300m away to the south, it forms a unique landscape of monuments. The first written mention of all three castles dates back to 1271. At that time, the bishop of Münster fought back against the knights of Lüdinghausen, who also owned Wolfshelm Castle at the time, and manned a castle later called Vischering with his Drosten .

A beautiful castle. Both the castle courtyard and the outside of the castle are beautiful to look at.