Haus Rodenberg, Water castle in Aplerbeck, Dortmund, Germany.
The Haus Rodenberg stands with its outer building and moat system, surrounded by garden features and a house pond in North Rhine-Westphalia.
First documented in 1290, the castle underwent major renovations between 1688 and 1698 when Johann Dietrich Voß von Rodenberg transformed it into a baroque water palace.
The preserved outer building now functions as an educational space with seminar rooms for adult education and includes a restaurant for community gatherings.
The surrounding park area provides public green space in central Aplerbeck, accessible to visitors who want to explore the historical grounds and gardens.
The property features a distinctive 'Wasserparterre', a square garden section enclosed by landscape walls and surrounded by its own moat system.
Location: Dortmund
GPS coordinates: 51.49280,7.55417
Latest update: March 3, 2025 13:06
Dortmund combines industrial heritage with contemporary cultural offerings across its different districts. The city features a variety of sites, from Signal Iduna Park, Germany's largest football stadium with 81,365 seats where Borussia Dortmund has played since 1974, to the German Football Museum, which traces the history of the sport on 7,000 square meters of interactive exhibits. Green spaces are significant, including Westfalenpark, a 70-hectare park home to the 209-meter-high Florianturm and extensive rose gardens, and Dortmund Zoo, where 1,500 animals from 230 species, mainly from South America, reside across 28 hectares. Cultural institutions reflect Dortmund's mining past and its artistic scene. Zeche Zollern, a former coal mine from 1898, displays its original machinery hall and documents the industrial era of the Ruhr. The Museum of Art and Cultural History hosts collections from the Middle Ages to today within its 1924 Art Deco building. The Dortmund Concert Hall hosts classical and jazz concerts in its 1,550-seat auditorium. Lake Phoenix exemplifies urban redevelopment: this former steelworks site transformed in 2010 offers 3.2 kilometers of pathways along the water. Mengede Castle, a 13th-century fortress surrounded by moats, illustrates medieval architecture in Westphalia.
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