Wasserschloss Haus Dellwig, Water castle in Lütgendortmund, Germany
The castle consists of a manor house standing in an 80-meter-wide moat and a northern forecourt with three wings in a horseshoe shape.
The von Dellwig family constructed and inhabited this residence until 1727, after which multiple noble families owned the property before the city of Dortmund acquired it in 1978.
The local museum within the castle exhibits a complete kitchen, sitting room, and traditional workshops including bakery, hairdressing, butchery, and carpentry installations.
The castle opens its doors to visitors who can explore the museum collections while learning about the daily life of past centuries in Lütgendortmund.
The eastern wing contains the oldest identified structure, a two-chamber house dating from the first half of the 14th century.
Location: Dortmund
GPS coordinates: 51.50930,7.34904
Latest update: June 2, 2025 20:15
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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