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Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Renaissance water castle is one of the best-preserved and most outstanding sites of the Münsterland and pretty much resembles an ideal, fairytale medieval castle. It houses the Münsterland museum.
Vischering Castle in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia is the most typical moated castle in the Münster (region) of Germany. This region has one of the highest German concentrations of castles, palaces and fortifications, Lüdinghausen having three by itself. The castle consists of outer defensive courtyard, defensive gateways, moat, drawbridge, main building and chapel. The sandstone walls, the red tile roofs as well as their reflection in the moat provide many harmonious views from the wooded surroundings.
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Evangelische Kirche Lüdinghausen
Small 19th-century Gothic revival Protestant parish church
Burg Lüdinghausen
Another Renaissance water castle built in the 12th century, and redesigned in the 16th century. In the main hall, there is an ornamental panel with all the crests of the former owner's ancestors. In the bailey you will find food prices of the year 1573 carved in stone (they are quite surprising!)
also known as "Borg"
Neoclassical brick building.
St.-Felizitas-Kirche
16th-century Catholic parish church
One of the eldest houses of the town; constructed in 1648 as a poorhouse.
Burg Wolfsberg
Only one wing of the 16th-century castle has survived. It was recast during the 18th century and is not that well-preserved which makes it the least interesting of the three castles. Nowadays its basement houses a Schlager music bar.