シャルクスミューレの洞窟・トップ15

The castle's inner courtyard is very beautiful. It also features a permanent stage where, among other things, large-scale symphony concerts have been performed (e.g., Carmina Burana with the choir of the Märkisches Jugendsinfoniechester – magnificent!).

very hidden but worth seeing

Especially in autumn it's fun to discover everything in the area and take the autumn sun into your photos

Beautiful castle!

Fantastically beautiful castle in Altena

In 991, Archbishop Heribert of Cologne, Chancellor of Emperor Otto III, acquired the free property of the nobleman Benno and bequeathed it to the Benedictine Abbey of Deutz as an asset when it was founded in 1003. The documentary document shows that the "curtis Rothe" was already the focus back then of a manorial property association, which later owned property in the parishes of Lüdenscheid, Halver, Herscheid, but especially Kierspe. Over the centuries, House Rhade was pledged to a number of noble families, such as the Lords of Neuhoff, von Hatzfeld, von Heyden zu Schönrad and Bruch. The latter family buys the property. In 1725, Haus Rhade became the property of the family of Postmaster General von Holzbrinck, who sold it to the merchant Niehoff zu Dülmen in 1910. In 1916, the Düsseldorf manufacturer Johann Gottlieb Schwietzke acquired Haus Rhade, whose family still lives there today. https://www.hausrhade.de/geschichte/

You can walk around freely. But you have to pay to enter the Museum.

Beautiful inner courtyard where you can linger... Gastronomy is also available