Top 5 Castles around Gehrde

Unfortunately, we weren't able to enter the grounds. It looks great from the outside and we're curious to visit.

The Felddieksboll motte to the south may have been the castle's predecessor. Loxten Castle was built in 1474 by Johann von Dinklage on an existing farm, which had presumably been brought into the marriage by his wife, Rixa von Brawe, as a fief of the County of Tecklenburg. His son, also named Johann, was a burgomaster of Quakenbrück Castle but lived in Loxten. In 1649, the Dinklage line of Loxten died out in the male line, and the property passed through marriage in 1653 to Captain Franz von Frydag zu Buddenburg. His son sold the property to Christian Günther von Hammerstein in 1682. He had the present castle built between 1691 and 1698. The Barons von Hammerstein-Loxten still live on the property, which was renovated in 1921/22.

Haus Sögeln is a typical manor in the former Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück. The functional, simple main house was built at the end of the 18th century and is surrounded by a park enclosed by moats. Since the middle of the 14th century, there is documentary evidence of a noble habitatio (= fortified dwelling) in the farming community of Sögeln. This is where the landlord lived, on whom the surrounding farms were dependent (serfed). The oldest part of the current complex is probably the gate tower, which may have its origins in a defensive residential tower. The defensive character of this complex, which was still referred to as a castle in the 16th century, is illustrated by the loopholes on the ground floor. Sögeln changed hands frequently over the centuries. In 1793, Friedrich Philipp von Hammerstein zu Equord acquired the estate and had the main house rebuilt. The old building obviously no longer met the demands of the time, both in terms of its representative function and living comfort. After he died in 1802, heavily in debt and without direct heirs, the estate was acquired by the general tax collector Rathgen in 1817. The property passed to the von Rappard family via his stepdaughter. Irmengard von Rappard, who was engaged to the then Lieutenant Paul von Bebeckendorf and Hindenburg, the later President of the Reich, died in Sögeln in 1871 at the young age of 17. Today, the complex, which can be reached via an old linden tree avenue, offers a special kind of overnight accommodation with its many outbuildings. https://www.osnabruecker-land.de/erlebnisse/wasserburg-gut-soegeln

Good by bike, not so recommended on foot. What is recommended, however, is a trip to the monastery café. Fantastically delicious cake🥧. There is also a nice playground there, but unfortunately it is sometimes quite littered

The complex is still a late medieval moated castle from 1597. Since 1949 it has been a Benedictine abbey.

There is a small café with delicious cakes and a lovely terrace at the monastery. The monastery shop is also located in the same building.

The Kolsterburg Dinklage is the oldest moated castle in Northern Germany.

Dinklage Castle Monastery Benedictine abbey with monastery café and well-stocked monastery shop opposite. Castle chapel and permanent exhibition on the life and work of Cardinal von Galen. There are also beautiful walking paths in the neighboring zoo. "...in my favorite place on earth" Clemens August Cardinal von Galen