Haus Voerde, Manor house in Voerde, Germany

Haus Voerde is a castle-like manor house in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia. It began as a medieval water castle of the Lords of Loete, a fief of Werden Abbey, and was later remodeled in Baroque and Neoclassical styles. The rectangular main house has two additional wings and a corner tower added in 1668, and a small park surrounds it. The building is now owned by the town of Voerde and used as a registry office and cultural center, with a restaurant in the basement.

The building originated before 1200 as a water castle belonging to the Abbey of Werden and first appeared in written records in 1344. The tower built in 1668 marked a major reconstruction phase that shaped the house into its present form.

The house is now the town of Voerde's registry office and cultural centre, with a restaurant in the cellar. In the Große Saal, a stone coat of arms of Baron Jan Cornelius von Ablaing, who acquired the house in 1774, recalls one of its owners. The site of the former outer bailey is marked by natural-stone paving.

The visit focuses on the ground floor and surrounding park, which are freely accessible and open for exploration. The upper level is not available for visitors since it functions as the municipal registry office.

The stone coat of arms of Baron Jan Cornelius von Ablaing, who bought the house in 1774, still hangs in the Great Hall. His wife was a born von Syberg, which kept the estate in family hands after the 1770 bankruptcy proceedings split up the Syberg lands and more than 30 dependent farms.