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Bodelschwingh Castle

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Bodelschwingh Castle

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Iris

October 9, 2021

Very nice moated castle. The NSG Bodelschwingher Wald is also very beautiful, but the A 45 goes straight through here, which is hardly noticeable after a few meters.

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Christopher

June 24, 2021

Unfortunately private, but also such a beautiful sight from the outside

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Julia

December 4, 2016

"The renaissance moated castle with an English landscape park and extensive outer bailey is one of the last remaining privately owned facilities in the Ruhr area, which has been used as a family residence since the 13th century In the past 25 years, buildings no longer needed for agricultural purposes have been converted into residential and commercial premises, while the outer bailey and much of the park serve as a recreational area for the residents, just like the castle itself in very rare cases open to the public. " Source: schloss-bodelschwingh.de

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Nadine

April 19, 2020

Nice moated castle with a small park bordering old trees.

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Parallelrechner

June 7, 2020

Worth seeing moated castle with a long history, today privately owned and can only be visited from a distance.

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D🌕r🌕

May 28, 2023

A very special moated castle is located in Dortmund's Bodelschwingh district. The special feature is expressed on the one hand in the special idyll and beauty of the building surrounded by a large pond. On the other hand, due to the inaccessibility of the complex with the large park, which is generally not accessible to the public due to the private ownership of the building. The rare moments when the zu Inn- and Knyphausen family opens the castle gates and invites you to events are all the more valuable. These include the adventure markets and the Open Monument Day, which takes place every year in late summer. The latter even offers guided tours through the interior of the castle.
The heart of the complex is the magnificent manor house, which is located in the middle of the water surface covered with water lilies and is only connected to the old outer bailey via the stone arch bridge. It still rests on the historic oak piles underground and consists of several nested building parts and towers with different spires, i.e. different spiers. The oldest parts, dating back to 1300, are on the northern side. Today's Renaissance building with the characteristic turrets was built in the middle of the 16th century. It survived the Second World War and the mining by the nearby Westhausen colliery without damage. The baroque landscape garden was created towards the end of the 19th century. The adjacent forest was also part of it, but was divided off by the construction of the nearby A45 motorway. The garden has mature trees, several ponds and fountains and extends around the water area with the manor house.

More information here: ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de/schloss-bodelschwingh

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Basti läuft....

May 30, 2023

Very nice moated castle, which is privately owned. On selected days of the year you can see it up close. Otherwise you have a great view over the moats to the building from the small public park. Especially in autumn, when everything is golden yellow, very attractive.😉👍📸

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Louis Spillmann 🛴

March 9, 2025

Very beautiful castle

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Johannes

March 16, 2020

A beautiful moated castle! You could just go around!

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Johannes

November 4, 2020

Wonderful moated castle to look into!

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Klaus

March 24, 2023

Beautiful castle, unfortunately you can not visit it often

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Annette🏞️⛰️🥾🚲

September 27, 2024

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Event dates at Bodelschwingh Castle

08/30/2024 - 09/01/2024Garden flair

09/08/2024Open Monument Day

11/28/2024 - 12/01/2024Christmas flair

June 2025Picnic flair

June 2025Gardens & Parks Day

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Pilger21

September 5, 2021

Super. Very easily

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Keith (a.k.a. "Statler")

April 23, 2025

At the moment you can't get that close, renovations are taking place

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Silkewandert

March 29, 2024

A beautiful moated castle in the Renaissance style, which is not accessible because the owners live there. However, different events take place several times a year, such as the magical winter trip

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rupenburg

January 13, 2025

If you like such facilities, you can take a look here. A small park surrounded by a wall and a castle with a moat...

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Joe Outside

April 20, 2024

Bodelschwingh Castle, dating from the 13th century, is considered the largest and most important moated castle in the city and is also the best preserved. The manor house, which was originally built in the Gothic style around 1300, was expanded and rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries, so that the influences of the Renaissance and Baroque periods are also visible in the current building. The moated castle was built on oak piles and stands on two islands. A stone bridge dating from the 18th century leads to the outer bailey.

Inside Bodelschwingh House there is a famous picture exhibition. Due to the construction of a motorway, the baroque gardens are no longer completely preserved. The family cemetery with mausoleum of the von Bodelschwingh family is located in the western part of the complex. The castle is one of the best preserved moated castles in the Ruhr area. A well-known member of the family is Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, the founder of the Bethel Institutions.

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