Wasserschloss Darfeld

Darfeld Palace (also known as Haus Darfeld or Darfeld Moated Palace) is a manor house, former knight's seat, former administrative seat and listed monument in the Netter farming district near the village of Darfeld in the municipality of Rosendahl, Coesfeld district, North Rhine-Westphalia, at an elevation of 95 m above sea level.

It was severely damaged by a fire on 15 October 1899 and rebuilt in its present form between 1902 and 1904. From the original construction period of 1612–1618, above all the Mannerist façade facing the inner courtyard survives.

The moated palace remains privately inhabited to this day. Viewing of all the buildings and grounds is not possible.

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

Wasserschloss Darfeld ranks #3,696 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #299 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded 1612, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 672 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,536 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Enschede, 34 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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