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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Radregion Rheinland
March 13, 2025
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Kalkum Castle is Düsseldorf's only moated castle and an outstanding example of neoclassical palace architecture in the Rhineland. The picturesque setting serves as a venue for classical concerts.
In the mid-19th century, the castle gained notoriety due to a protracted divorce dispute between its then owner. The approximately 19-hectare castle park, designed by landscape architect Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe as an English landscape garden, is now a publicly accessible recreational area.
One preserved relic is the former garden pavilion, which now houses a memorial to the politician Ferdinand Lassalle.
In the mid-19th century, the castle gained notoriety due to a protracted divorce dispute between its then owner. The approximately 19-hectare castle park, designed by landscape architect Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe as an English landscape garden, is now a publicly accessible recreational area.
One preserved relic is the former garden pavilion, which now houses a memorial to the politician Ferdinand Lassalle.
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•PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")
December 5, 2019
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The Kalkum Castle monument is a place steeped in history, with a history going back more than 1000 years. It ranges from the royal court in the 9th century to a medieval knight's seat and a baroque castle of the Counts of Winkelhausen to the glamorous country residence of the Counts and Princes of Hatzfeld in the 19th century. A Countess von Hatzfeld was a great sponsor of Ferdinand Lassalle, for whom she built a mausoleum in the castle park that still exists today after his death.
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May 28, 2020
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Kalkum Castle. Today the state archive. This manor house was built in the 18th century by the Counts (later Princes) of Hatzfeld, replacing previous Gothic structures, as a fort-like three-winged structure with four rectangular flanking towers.
Remodeled in the Neoclassical style between 1810 and 1820.
The core of the outer bailey dates back to the 16th/17th century.
A landscaped park was laid out around 1825 by Maximiliaan von Weyhe.
(It's written on a sign outside)
Remodeled in the Neoclassical style between 1810 and 1820.
The core of the outer bailey dates back to the 16th/17th century.
A landscaped park was laid out around 1825 by Maximiliaan von Weyhe.
(It's written on a sign outside)
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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany