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Sensenstein Castle was a border castle to Sichelstein Castle (Lower Saxony). Today only high ramparts remind us of the size of the castle complex. The buildings have been completely demolished. Today the district of Kassel and the State Sports Association of Hesse jointly operate the Sensenstein youth castle and sports training center near Nieste on the site.

Great tour

Quite nice for a break and a little tour.

The historic castle complex is built over with the modern buildings of the youth castle. The ramparts of the approximately 60 x 60 m large Sensenburg are easy to see. There is also a historic half-timbered house, now an administration building.

The main building of Gut Windhausen is built in the Baroque style and can only be viewed from the outside.

The pond at Gut Windhausen is beautiful to look at and sits romantically in the landscape.

The 18th-century Neoclassical manor house is the central building of the Windhausen estate. The Windhausen estate was first mentioned in the Middle Ages and was predominantly owned by the Landgraves of Hesse until 1774. Since 2010, Windhausen Castle has been privately owned. Visitors are asked to proceed only as far as the information panel.

"Name legend Envy and jokes gave the two castles on both sides of the former Brunswick-Hessian border their names in connection with sickle and scythe, similar to the well-known example of the Rhenish castles cat and mouse. According to legend, the Duke of Brunswick, Otto der Quade, built a castle at the foot of the Staufenberg just to be able to rob the Hessians of the grain more easily. In allusion to this, he is said to have baptized the castle Sichelnstein, while Landgrave Hermann the scholar placed the castle Sensenstein opposite him and with the larger name also indicated broader intentions." Source Wikipedia