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Oefte Castle

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

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1. View of the Neanderland Steig – Bridge Over the Oefter Bach loop from Oefte

6.24km

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110m

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2. Bridge Over the Oefter Bach – Oefter Stream loop from Oefte

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3. Oefter Valley – Scenic Roman path 🔭 loop from Kettwig Stausee

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320m

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December 30, 2025

First documented in the 9th century, Oefte Castle is one of the oldest manor houses in the region. The listed castle complex and its park are now used by a golf club.

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May 1, 2018

The old castle is today the clubhouse of Golfclub Oefte

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

April 21, 2022

"Oefte House (Uvithi) is first documented around 820. In the Middle Ages, the Oefte knight's seat was a fief of Werden Abbey and passed to the Counts of Schulenburg at the beginning of the 19th century. They had the complex rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style. Today, the grounds are used by a golf club.

It is said that the unfortunate Kunigunde still haunts the place. She was murdered by her husband, Knight Eberhard von Oefte, and Arminia, who had fled to Oefte after the destruction of Lüttelnau Castle (Kattenturm). Kunigunde later appeared as Arminia's ghost, whereupon Arminia entered Saarn Abbey and did penance there for the rest of her life."
...``` zechenwandern.de/home/touren-2/z3-wilhelm-und-pauline

sagenhaftes-ruhrgebiet.de/Die_Sage_von_Haus_Oefte
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Werden

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1. View of the Neanderland Steig – Bridge Over the Oefter Bach loop from Oefte

2. Bridge Over the Oefter Bach – Oefter Stream loop from Oefte

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