Broich Castle was originally erected to protect the town of Mülheim from invasion by the the Normans in the late 9th centu ...
Schloss Dyck is a moated castle in the Rhineland region of Germany. The history of the castle began in 1094 when the knight ...
Burg Castle (Schloss Burg) is the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia and a popular tourist attraction. ...
The Sparrenburg castle in Bielefeld was erected sometime before 1250 by the counts of Ravensberg. It guarded the Bielefeld P ...
The ruined castle Burg Drachenfels, on the summit of the Dhill, was built between 1138 and 1167 by Archbishop Arnold I of ...
The history of Raesfeld Castle dates back to the early 12th century. It was owned by the Lords of Raesfeld and came into the ...
Monschau Castle is first recorded in 1217 as castrum in Munjoje by Archbishop Engelbert I of Cologne. It was expanded in t ...
Schloss Wittringen, also known as Haus Wittringen, is a moated castle in the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Gladbeck on the ...
Vischering Castle is a typical moated castle in the Münster region. It consists of outer defensive courtyard, defensive ...
The oldest fortress on the Lower Rhine is located in the historic Krefeld suburb of Linn. The former country castle belonging ...
Satzvey Castle was built between 1396 and 1406 on an island in the middle of a large pond crossed by the Veybach. At that tim ...
Vondern castle was founded probably in the 12th or 13th century. The estate appears in documents in 1266, as the home of Gerh ...
Hülshoff Castle near Havixbeck is one of the most popular destinations in Münsterland. The first documented mention of the ...
Altena Castle was erected by the brothers Adolf and Everhard von Berg around the year 1108 after Henry V granted them land ...
Frankenberg Castle was constructed during the 13th century and historically it was the seat of a Vogt, local administrator. ...
Münstereifel Castle was built in the 13th century and first documented in 1317. Knight Gottfried of Jülich, whose table tom ...
Tecklenburg is a ruined castle and venue for the Tecklenburg Open-Air Theatre in the eponymous town of Tecklenburg, Germany. ...
Schloss Rheydt is a Renaissance palace in Mönchengladbach. Over the years the building has been the family seat of variou ...
Zülpich Castle origins may be traced to a Roman castrum. The present site was built in the late 14th century as a symbol ...
The Schwanenburg Castle, in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Dukes of Cleves resided, was founded on a steep hill. It was fi ...