Husen Castle (Syburg)

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Husen Castle
Tower of the house Husen

Tower of the house Husen

Creation time : probably 13th century
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Residential tower
Place: Dortmund - Syburg
Geographical location 51 ° 25 '8.4 "  N , 7 ° 30' 19"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '8.4 "  N , 7 ° 30' 19"  E
Husen Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Husen Castle

The castle Husen is the medieval tower house of a castle in the Dortmund area Syburg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The origins of the facility go back to the 13th century. The current form of the residential tower dates from the 17th century. It is registered as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Dortmund .

The property belonging to Syburg with meadows and trees is about 7000 m² and is located in the triangle of Dortmund - Schwerte - Hagen .

The Association of Christian Scouts and Boy Scouts (VCP) Land Westphalia took over the castle in 1984 and uses it as a youth holiday home with a youth tent.

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Individual evidence

  1. No. A 0530. List of monuments of the city of Dortmund. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: dortmund.de - Das Dortmunder Stadtportal. Monument Authority of the City of Dortmund, April 14, 2014, archived from the original on September 15, 2014 ; accessed on June 15, 2014 (180 kB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dortmund.de