Bladenhorst Castle

Castle Bladenhorst is a moated castle in the district Bladenhorst the city of Castrop -Rauxel.

History

The castle was first mentioned in 1266. Once lived there, the Knights of Blarnhurst, at the beginning of the 14th century, then the family of Düngelen. 1338 presented Rötger Düngelen of the Count of Cleves his tenure as Offenburg for use in case of war available. Through marriage, the castle came in 1496 to Philip of four Mundt († 1528), from 1624 to 1881 to the barons of Romberg, which they had inherited. After the Barons Weichs to Wenne and Klöckner-Werke were responsible for the fate of the castle. She now lives on the castle EP Count of Bladenhorst.

The complex originally consisted of four wings. The scale than fortification gatehouse is the oldest part of the plant, the chapel dates back to the year 1332. The castle in the style of the late Renaissance dates from the years of reconstruction from 1530 to 1584 and is inhabited. Since the castle is privately owned, there are no tours or sightseeing.

On 16 February 2006, the Sparkasse Vest became the owner of the castle. Having forced manages this four years she acquired it in the course of an auction. A portion of the north wing, opened in 2001, owner-occupied condominiums, the remaining part of the castle was transferred in January 2007 in the possession of a private person from Dortmund.

2010, the last part of the Gräftenhauses was ready to move. A year later it was used as a residence, the old gate house again. At irregular intervals in the Great Hall in the castle courtyard or readings, lectures, dinner events, wine and summer festivals. Regularly the lock opens for visitors at the annual " Heritage Day " in September.

Location

Castle Bladenhorst lies in the marshland of the Emscher land between the watercourses of the River Emscher, the Deininghauser Bach and the Bach salt. The natural features of the landscape allowed the installation of Schlossgräfte. End of the 19th century, a branch channel of the Dortmund- Emskanals from the ship Henrichenburg to Herne was built in the immediate vicinity of the castle. As the Rhine -Herne Canal, he was the continuous waterway in the Emscher Valley. The moist nature of the lowland forest is still visible in the area of the castle and in the thick heath and Castroper wood. Numerous ditches drain the area.

• Address: West Ring 346, 44579 Castrop -Rauxel