Reelkirchen moated castle

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Reelkirchen moated castle
Entrance to the castle

The Reelkirchen moated castle is a listed secular building in Reelkirchen , a town in Blomberg in the Lippe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The enclosed facility on the road to Blomberg was founded in the middle of the 16th century by Hermann VIII von Mengersen. Since 1523 he owned the village and the dairy as a fief of the Paderborn bishops.

The stretched construction of the outer bailey dates back to 1600; it was rebuilt around 1774. On the field side, it was built from quarry stone , and loopholes-like openings were made. On the courtyard side, half-timbered construction was carried out, the bar of a barn with the inscription 1550 was reused. On the side of the central, arched passage made of ashlar is a coat of arms of Hermann XIII. von Mengersen and Agnes Freytag. The stone Grautenbrücke was built in 1798. The gardener's house, a small half-timbered building, is probably from the 18th century.

Today's manor house was built in 1755 as a half-timbered house with a mansard roof and a massive base storey and subsequently plastered . The central entrance, like the symmetrically arranged windows, is framed with a segmental arch . The three-flight staircase in the hall is adorned with volutes and flower and tendril carvings at the entry post. In 1810, grisaille wallpapers from France with three Venetian scenes were installed in the so-called wallpaper room.

The entire facility was extensively renovated in 1935 and from 1967 to 1975 . The castle is now privately owned and is not open to the public.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '2 "  N , 9 ° 1' 46"  E