Schloß Holtfeld

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Le château en bref

Holtfeld moated castle, in Borgholzhausen (Gütersloh district), is one of the most beautiful moated castles in East Westphalia-Lippe. The complex consists of an outer bailey, a middle house and the main manor house, preceded by an avenue of oaks and surrounded by partly preserved moats. Mentioned in the 14th century in a feudal register of Osnabrück, the estate passed at the end of the 15th century to the barons von Wendt, who lived there until 1863. It was during this period, from 1599 to 1602, that the Renaissance manor house was built: a massive gabled building with volute gables and a square corner tower, with motifs inspired by the Weser Renaissance. After the Counts of Marchant d'Ansembourg and then von Galen, the Counts Korff-Schmising bought it in 1936. The castle was an agricultural school, a sanatorium and then a hotel until 1977; today it serves as offices, an exhibition venue and a residence.