Water castle

As water castle or moated castles or palaces are referred to, whose area is surrounded on all sides by moats or natural waters. Topographical include water castles to the type of lowland castles. In Westphalia, these trenches are also called moats, canals in the Netherlands. One can distinguish between

Moated castles, which are protected by artificial ditches or ponds ( scale protection) and
Water castles whose main protection is made by rivers or on islands in ponds or lakes are ( natural protection ).

The water used in this kind of fortified as an approximation obstacle. Apart from this, the abundance of water during sieges of advantage. Such a castle was usually only one entrance, which led through a drawbridge, which was pulled up in the event of an attack to protect. This moated castles had partially fortress-like character.

In many places the formerly fortified castles were mainly converted or altered the representation and residential purposes were castles in the course of time in Central Europe. The formative moats thus lost its original protective function, however, were preserved in some cases as an element of landscape design. Today they are as described in the context of preservation often as onerous, due to water damage to the foundations of cost-intensive, " historical legacy". Are particular since the 1960s, therefore, in Germany many ditches drained or, more rarely, been filled.

Moated castles and castles in Germany

Baden-Wurttemberg

Water Castle Bad Rappenau
Castle Eichtersheim
Castle Beuggen
Castle Presteneck
Trappenseeschlösschen
Inzlinger moated castle
Castle Casting at the Kress Bronner district Gießen
Schwarzwasserstelz
Water Castle Glatt
Tiefburg Glove Home
Water Castle Schatthausen

Bavaria

Castle focal Hausen
Water Castle Irmelshausen in Hochheim am Main
Castle Kleinbardorf
Mespelbrunn
Water Mitwitz
Moated castle in Neuhof ad Zenn in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch -Bad Windsheim
Castle Reichertshausen
Water Castle Sandizell at Schrobenhausen
Water Castle Taufkirchen
Water Castle Weißdorf
Castle Pichl
Castle Reichenschwand
Castle Schambach
Water Thun Castle Village
Alte Burg (castle sense)
Water Schloss Schönau ( Rottal )

Berlin

Schloss Köpenick
Spandau Citadel

Brandenburg

Water Castle Drehna, Nature Park Lower Landrücken
Gerswalde castle ( ruin)
Plate castle in the Prignitz
Water Castle Vetschau / Spreewald
Vehlefanz castle ( ruin)
Castle Sallgast

Bremen

Castle Blomendal
Castle Beautiful Beck

Hamburg

Bergedorf Castle

Hesse

Water Castle Elmarshausen at Wolf Hagen
Former moated castle Goldstein in Frankfurt am Main
Holzhausenschlösschen in Frankfurt am Main
Rogue castle in Frankfurt am Main
Wasserburg Friedewald Friedewald
Castle Dorfelden in Niederdorfelden
Wasserburg Rückingen in Erlensee
Wasserburg Blessed City
Castle Fuerstenau in Steinbach
Wasserburg low -Rosbach
Former moated castle Eichhof in Bad Hersfeld
Former moated castle Habitzheim in Otzberg - Habitzheim
Former moated castle in Hadamar in Limburg- Weilburg
Water Castle wet Erfurth in the district of Borken wet Erfurth in the Schwalm - Eder district in northern Hesse
Former moated castle Neuhof near Fulda
Former moated castle Röderburg at Rossberg
Former moated castle castle - Nauses in Otzberg - top Nauses

Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania

Water Mellenthin
Wasserburg Müggenburg in Anklam
Water Castle Quilow
Schwerin Castle

Lower Saxony

Altenkamp
Castle Dankern
Klosterburg Dinklage
Castle Faller life
Castle Fuerstenau
Castle Gödens in Sande
Castle Hinta
Castle Hünnefeld
Ippenburg
Lütetsburg
Neuhaus Castle
Nordenburg
Osterburg
Schelenburg
Castle Scheventorf
Castle Wolfenbüttel
Schloss Wolfsburg
Water Castle Hülsede

North Rhine -Westphalia

Schloss Ahaus
Alsbach House in Angel churches
Castle Alsdorf in Alsdorf (no moat more)
Wasserburg Anholt Anholt in
Castle Baesweiler Baesweiler (no moat more)
Castle Bedburg Bedburg
Benrath in Dusseldorf
Schloss Berge in Gelsenkirchen- Buer
House Bitz in Frechen- Bachem
Castle Bladenhorst in Castrop -Rauxel
Moated castle Haus Bodelschwinghstraße
Castle floor home in Weilerswist - floor home ( moat drained )
Borbeck in Essen- Borbeck
Castle Borlinghausen in Borlinghausen
Brüggen Castle in Brüggen
Burgau Castle in Düren
Schloss Burg Steinfurt
Good Bustedt in Hiddenhausen
Water Castle Darfeld
Moated castle Haus Dellwig in Dortmund
Water Dilborn Castle in Brüggen
Schloss Dyck
House Egelborg Legden
Burg Eibach
Castle Eicks in Mechernich- Eicks
Castle Elsum in Wassenberg - Birgelen
Castle Eschweiler (demolished except three towers)
Gemen in Gemen
Castle Geyen in Pulheim
Schloss Gimborn
House Graven in Langenfeld ( Rheinland)
Castle Gudenau in Wachtberglifte
Gymnich Castle in Gymnich
Schloss Hardenberg in Velbert
Hardt castle near Euskirchen - Stotz Home
Harkotten Castle in Füchtorf
House for rental in Ratingen
Manor Hausen dismantled in the 1970s in Eschweiler and rebuilt in fire
House Havixbeck Havixbeck
Heeren House in Heeren- Werve
Water Castle Heerse in Bad Driburg - Neuenheerse
Herten Castle
Schloss Horst in Gelsenkirchen
Castle Hülchrath in Hülchrath
Hülshoff in Havixbeck
Haus Isenburg in Cologne Holweide
House Kaldenhausen in Duisburg
House Kambach in Eschweiler- Kinzweiler
House Kemnade in Hattingen
Castle Kinzweiler
Kolvenburg in Billerbeck
Krickenbeck Castle in Nettetal
House Laer in Bochum
Castle Laurenzberg in abgebaggerten Eschweiler- Laurenzberg
Castle Leerodt in Geilenkirchen
Lembeck in Dorsten
Burg Linn in Krefeld
Castle Loburg in Greven
Castle Lürken in abgebaggerten Eschweiler- Lürken
House Milte at Telgte
Hausmart field in Schwelm
Morsbroich Castle in Leverkusen
Moyland in Bedburg -Hau
Castle Myllendonk in Korschenbroich
Neersen Castle in Willich
Castle Neuenhof in Lüdenscheid
Nordkirchen
Castle Odenhausen in Wachtberglifte
House Opherdicke
House Overbach
Schloss Paffendorf in Bergheim Paffendorf
Raesfeld
Rheda Castle
Castle roadstead
Reydt Castle
Wasserburg cattle in Kleve
Moated castle Haus Rodenberg in Dortmund
Castle Satzvey
Castle Schweckhausen in Willebadessen - Schweckhausen
Castle Send in Send
House stack in Havixbeck
Castle Strünkede in Herne
House Thal near Immekeppel
Castle Tours in Geilenkirchen
Velen Velen
Castle Vischering
House Voerde Voerde ( Niederrhein)
Castle Vondern in Oberhausen
House Vortlage in Lengerich
House Welbergen in Ochtrup
Castle Welda in Warburg Welda
Water Werdringen
Schloss Westerholt in Herten - Westerholt
Westerwinkel in Herbern
Castle Wickrathberg in Wickrathberg Mönchengladbach
Water Castle Wilkinghege in Münster
House Winnenthal in Xanten - Birten
Wissen Castle in Weeze
Wittringen in Gladbeck
Apartment in Voerde ( Niederrhein)

Rhineland -Palatinate

Castle Ahrenthal
Town of Castle Andernach
Old Castle ( Boppard )
Old Castle ( Koblenz )
Baldenau
Castle Crottorf in Wildenburger country
Castle Deidesheim
Wasserburg Klüsserath
Castle Namedy
Yard Neuroth at Bilkheim
Wasserburg Reipoltskirchen
Castle Knights village
Castle Seinsfeld
Castle Vilzelt
Castle Welschbillig

Saarland

Castle Bucherbach in Nailsworth
Castle Gustav castle in Homburg
Burg Kerpen near Illingen

Saxony

Castle Berbisdorf in Berbisdorf at Radeburg
Moritzburg Castle (Saxony )
Castle Oberau
Water Klaffenbach
Water Castle Hainewalde
Remains of the early medieval moated castle in Luchau ⊙ 50.865113.7371.
Remnants of the medieval water castle Ebersbrunn

Saxony-Anhalt

Water Castle Angern
Water Bonau
Castle Calvörde
Wasserburg leeches
Water Castle Flechtingen
Wasserburg Gommern
Castle Köthen
Hunting lodge Letzlingen
Water Schloss Reinharz
Castle Roßlau
Castle Westerburg

Schleswig-Holstein

Schloss Ahrensburg
Eutiner
Schloss Glücksburg
Good Ludwigsburg

Thuringia

Wasserburg Kappellendorf
Fortress Heldrungen
Water Burgtonna
Water Castle Ostramondra
Wasserburg Seebach at Mühlhausen
Wasserburg Deuna
Wasserburg Liebstedt
Castle Schkölen
Wasserburg Lehesten
Wasserburg Niederroßla
Wasserburg Teutleben (fortress )
Wasserburg Olle village
Castle Hardisleben

In Austria

Heidenreichstein Castle
Schloss Kammer
Castle Aistersheim
Castle Schrattenthal
Castle Totzenbach
Wolkersdorf in the wine district
Schloss Wasserburg
Castle Pottenbrunn
Castle Pottendorf
Castle Oberhöflein
Schloss Ort
Schloss Laudon
Castle Würting
Castle Eberau
Castle Grove field
Schloss Dornbach

In Switzerland

Weiherschloss Bottmingen
Chillon Castle
Grandson Castle
Castle Hagenwil
Hallwyl
Hegi Castle
Castle Pfäffikon
Wörth castle

In Belgium

Castle Libermé
Castle Weims

In the Czech Republic

Blatna
Cervena Lhota Castle
Švihov

In Slovenia

Gradac castle

In the Netherlands

Castle Hoensbroek
Muiderslot
Castle Loevestein
Castle Ammersoyen
Radboud Castle
Castle Brederode

In Italy

Castello Estense

In England

Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset
Bodiam Castle, Sussex
Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex
Leeds Castle, Kent

In Wales

In Scotland

Caerlaverock Castle
Castle Stalker
Eilean Donan Castle

In the Baltic

Āraiši ( Arrasch )
Trakai

In Denmark

Castle Egeskov
Spøttrup Castle

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