メンクローの洞窟・トップ4

This is the Culture and Tourism Office. Opening Hours: Tue Thu Fri Sat 10:00-13:00 (Sat only from June to August) Tue Thu 15:00-18:00 And there are restrooms there too. 😉

A beautiful, small lake for paddling, pedal boating or swimming. Splendid!

Simply a very beautiful island with interesting buildings, sculptures, plants and history! Recommended.

Very interesting things to see on the island.

The Mühlenbrücke is located on Osterau Island. Further information can be found here: https://www.bvv-bb.de/projekte/osterauinsel/ This is where the Mühlengraben and Osterau rivers converge.

Today's castle goes back to a moated castle, for which the Krückau was dammed up to create a fortified island with moats around it. The founders were the Knights of Barmstede. From 1322 the castle came to the county of Schauenburg near Rinteln on the Weser. A bailiff ruled from here in the sense of the count these northern areas. When the Schauenburgers died out, the castle came into the possession of the Rantzau family, who expanded it into a residence. After the fratricide (see the memorial in the Barmstedt Forest), the castle was confiscated by the Danish king. The buildings you see today are mainly from this period. The castle island is used in many ways today. On the one hand there is a café in the former prison, then there is an art gallery, as well as some works of art in the outdoor area, a museum on the history of the county of Rantzau and the castle building itself. The island can be freely explored and also has nice seating areas with a view of the Rantzauer Lake. Definitely worth a visit, even if you're there outside the opening hours of the café or museum. Site plan and information boards explain the individual buildings in more detail.

very nice little park to take a break

The Barmstedter Schlossinsel is always worth a detour. Art in Gallery III, coffee and cake in the castle prison and always exciting current special exhibitions in the Museum der Grafschaft Rantzau (Sat/Sun 2pm-5pm, Oct.-March 1pm-4pm). The small tour through the Vossloch forest is particularly recommended in hot weather, as it is always in the shade.