Lede Castle in the Vilich district of Bonn was originally a Romanesque residential tower dating from 1360, which over time developed into a Gothic moated castle.
(October 2023)
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Haus Rath is a 16th-century manor house near Arnoldsweiler, a district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia. Surrounded by moats, the estate was long owned by the Barons Spies von Büllesheim and later by the Barons von Bourscheidt, both ancient noble families.
(September 2025)
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The ‘Große Burg’ (Great Castle) in the village of Kleinbüllesheim (Euskirchen municipality) with its outer bailey (farm buildings) and residential building. The original moated castle was built on the site of a medieval castle that was demolished in 1728. It is still inhabited today by the Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (Liblar) family of counts.
(September 2025)
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Wasserburg Anholt in Anholt (Isselburg municipality, Borken district) is one of the largest moated castles in the Münsterland region. The oldest parts of the castle date back to around 1169.
(August 2025)
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Wasserburg Anholt in Anholt (Isselburg municipality, Borken district) is one of the largest moated castles in the Münsterland region. The oldest parts of the castle date back to around 1169.
(August 2025)
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Kriegshoven moated castle near Swisttal-Heimerzheim (Rhein-Sieg district). The date of its first construction is not known; the lords of Kriegshoven are first mentioned in the 13th century. The current Renaissance building dates from the 16th century and is still inhabited by a noble family.
(May 2025)
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Kühlseggen moated castle near Weilerswist (Euskirchen district) has been renovated several times over the centuries by various owners. The exact date of origin of the castle is probably unknown.
(May 2015)
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The moated castle of Burg Metternich (Merle Castle) in Weilerswist-Metternich (Euskirchen district) was built in the 13th century at the latest. It was one of the ancestral seats of the famous noble von Metternich family.
(May 2025)
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Burgau Castle, standing on a hill, is a moated castle in Niederau (Düren municipality, Rhineland); it was first mentioned in 1313. Predecessors may have stood here as early as 1100.
(June 2024)
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The group of buildings of the former moated castle Arloff in Arloff (Bad Münstereifel municipality, district of Euskirchen) is one of the typologically important castles of the Rhineland, because a purpose-built fortified building from the early Gothic period is rarely found in such clarity. Arloff Castle was first mentioned in 1278.
(June 2024)
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