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Schloss Burgsteinfurt

Germany

Location
Steinfurt
Coordinates
52.1458°, 7.34139°
Links
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Schloss Burgsteinfurt in Germany
Photo: Günter Seggebäing, Coesfeld · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Burgsteinfurt, also called Schloss Steinfurt, is a moated castle on the edge of the old town of Burgsteinfurt, a district of the Münsterland town of Steinfurt. It is the oldest moated castle complex in Westphalia and stands on an almost circular island around which the Steinfurter Aa flows. Consisting today of three building complexes, the Oberburg, the Unterburg and the Schlossmühle, the complex was repeatedly rebuilt and extended in the course of its eventful history.

The castle was the ancestral seat of the noble lords of Steinfurt and, since their extinction in 1421, has been the ancestral seat of the princely house of Bentheim-Steinfurt.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Burgsteinfurt ranks #5,939 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #577 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,642 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Enschede, 32 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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