The hilltop castle on a rock spur in the middle of the Steinberger Pass secured an important long-distance trade route since about 1300.
Only the basement of the southern part goes back to the late Middle Ages. The actual building comes from the economic and cultural flowering phase
The late Renaissance around 1600. During this time, the slender staircase tower was built, which was raised in the 19th century and provided with a crenellated wreath.
The Arensburg, which had been in the possession of the Schaumburg counts since its first mention, was never a residence, but served primarily as a collection agency for levies, or as the administrative center of a district of a few villages. These tasks took over a mostly juristically trained bailiff, who also court judge
was. During witch hunts
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Arensburg was the scene of several trials and subsequent executions. Between 1650 and 1670 alone, more than 20 alleged witches were burned here, among other things at the instigation of the lawyers of the University of Rinteln. Between 1816 and 1820, the Prince of Baden-Lippe, Georg Wilhelm the
already largely decaying
ne Arensburg as pleasure palace
Remove.
Source (rinteln.de/assets/Freizeit-Tourismus/historische-Ortsspaziergnge/d438794981.pdf)
The former castle park at the castle Arensberg was once a well-maintained park, parts of the plant can still be seen. Nature has largely recaptured the area and transformed it into a unique wilderness.

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Kris Tina

April 5, 2018

Although you can not visit the castle, as it is privately owned, but the sight from afar is already very beautiful. Unfortunately, it has been decaying for some time because it is not farmed. The park around it is still recognizable in its basic features, but here, too, nature takes on the paths and circumcisions; unfortunately he is not to enter.

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Jan P. Steenwerth

October 14, 2019

You reach the Arensburg when you go below the highway bridge into the park. Parts of the houses are accessible. Everything is decaying. An inhospitable and scary place.

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