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Haus Stapel

Germany

Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
Location
Havixbeck
Coordinates
51.9926°, 7.40458°
Haus Stapel in Germany
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Haus Stapel near Havixbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, is one of the largest moated palaces in Westphalia. The main house, completed in 1827, was built in the Classicist style by Ernst Konstantin von Droste zu Hülshoff; the older outer bailey dates from the Baroque period; for centuries the complex was the seat of the Erbmänner family von Kerckerinck.

Machine-translated from “Haus Stapel” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Haus Stapel ranks #7,159 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #774 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 971 times in the last 60 days, more than 54% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Enschede, 43 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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