Kakesbeck is one of the largest medieval fortifications in Münsterland and the oldest castle in Lüdinghausen. The imposing ...
The oldest part of the Kommern Castle is the residential tower on the slope of the valley. It probably dates back to the 13th ...
When one sees Zievel Castle today, it is exactly as one would imagine a medieval knight's castle to look like. Unlike other l ...
Morenhoven Castle consists of outer ward and main castle. The moated castle can be reached over an arched bridge and probabl ...
The origins of Surenburg Castle are unknown, but it may be established as an estate of Münster bishop around 1400. The first ...
Niederkastenholz castle is surrounded by a moat, with an angular main castle and a separate horse-shoe shaped fore-castle wit ...
Holzheim Castle dates to 1333, and its owners were vassals of the Duchy of Jülich. In the 15th to 17th centuries the mano ...
Neuenhof castle was first mentioned in 1326. The current water castle was rebuilt in 1643 and restored after fire in 1693. T ...
Built around 1250 by the lords of Berkule, Calenberg Castle was granted to the Papenheim family in 1307 and later became know ...
The village of Kirspenich has a Celtic-Roman origin, as can be seen from its name, but it first appeared in records in 893 AD ...
Burg Dreckberg, likely built between 1347 and 1357 by Paderborn Cathedral Provost Otto von Bentheim, served as a fief for the ...
Petershagen Castle was built in 1306 by the local bishop and was reconstructed as Renaissance residence in 1544-1547. It was ...
Burg Lede in Bonn-Vilich, the oldest part of Bonn, is a real gem. The origins of the site goes back to the 14th century. Von ...
The Schloss Nörvenich was established in around 1400 by Wilhelm von Vlatten and was remodeled on numerous occasions over th ...
Ringsheim castle is a very extensive castle which, unusually, stands alone in open fields. Situated between the boundary fore ...
In 1383, the Davensberg branch of the noble lords of Büren acquired a newly constructed castle from Archbishop Friedrich of ...
Dreiborn castle, built around 1300, is situated outside the village of the same name. At approx. 540 metres above sea-level, ...
The original foundations of the Kleinbüllesheim Castle date back to circa 900 AD and were discovered in 1942 south of the pr ...
Kleeburg castle in Weidesheim is a jewel among the Erft castles, with its red-and-yellow window-shutters. This two-part castl ...
Of the rectangular buildings with free-standing keep, built in the 12th century, only the remains of the east and south wings ...