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Schloß Holte

Germany · 17th century

Founded
c. 1650
Style
Renaissance architecture
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
Location
Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock
Coordinates
51.8987°, 8.60242°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Schloß Holte in Germany
Photo: Grugerio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Holte is a Baroque moated castle of the 17th century in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock in East Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the successor to a moated castle of the 14th century that was destroyed by a fire in 1556. Rebuilt from 1608 to 1616 as a hunting lodge, incorporating existing remains, by Count Johann III of East Frisia and his wife Sabina Catharina of Rietberg, it passed by marriage at the end of the 17th century to the family of the Counts of Kaunitz. In 1822 Friedrich Ludwig Tenge acquired the neglected complex and converted it into a residence for his son-in-law. At the same time the entrepreneur had an ironworks built south of the castle. The estate is still today the private property of the Tenge-Rietberg family, which has set up rental flats in the castle. The buildings and the park cannot be visited.

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

In the rankings

Schloß Holte ranks #6,124 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #608 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1650, it is older than 26% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,024 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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