Blomendal Castle

Blomendal Castle (also known as Hus Blomendal or Haus Blomendal) is a medieval moated castle in the Blumenthal district of Bremen and the oldest secular building in Bremen. The name Blomendal is the Low German spelling of Blumenthal. The castle complex is located at the confluence of the Blumenthaler Aue and Beckedorfer Beeke and was listed together with the annex from the 19th century in 1973.

There are always events here, but even then it's worth a short detour.

Blomendal Castle, built in 1354, is named under various names in old files and protocols. According to a document from September 1380, the owners of Blomendal undertake to keep their "slot" (castle) open to Bremen. Here is the passage: "Wy Hinrik van Oumunde (further names of knights and squires follow) confesses and bethuget (testify) ... dat unze slote tho Blomendale unde Hude....open slote wezen..."
Quite obviously the term castle is used here in connection with locked, i.e. fortified militarily.
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