Wasserschloss Haus Dellwig, Water castle in Lütgendortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Wasserschloss Haus Dellwig is a two-part water castle: a manor house rising from an 80-metre-wide pond-like moat, and a horseshoe-shaped brick forecourt from the early 18th century to its north. A three-arched brick bridge, replacing a 19th-century drawbridge, leads to the richly carved main portal of 1690. The white-plastered manor has two right-angled wings with stepped gables and a south-west corner tower dated 1658.

The von Dellwig family established and inhabited this estate during their period of ownership, after which it passed through various noble hands before becoming the city's responsibility. The complex evolved over centuries through different owners, with parts of it tracing back to the 14th century.

The name Dellwig comes from the family that built the castle and held it until 1727. The portal inscription of 1690 names Maria Elisabeth de Pallandt as the widow who completed it for Arnold Georg von Dellwig and their descendants. The alliance coat of arms above the door combines the Dellwig and Pallandt families.

Haus Dellwig lies in the Dellwiger Bachtal, surrounded by the Dellwiger Bach nature reserve and next to the LWL Industrial Museum Zeche Zollern II/IV. It is reached from motorway exit 40 (Dortmund-Lütgendortmund) on the A 40. The surrounding Dellwiger Wald has paths for walkers and cyclists, and the Westphalian School Museum in Marten and the Golden Wonder in Kirchlinde's St. Josef Church are easy to reach by bike.

One wing of the complex preserves one of the region's oldest identified structures, a two-room dwelling from the first half of the 14th century with an unusual double-chamber layout. This building demonstrates how construction methods and residential design evolved across the centuries.