Herdringen Castle

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Herdringen Castle
Schloss Herdringen
Schloss Herdringen 20080510.JPG
Schloss Herdringen in 2008
Herdringen Castle is located in Germany
Herdringen Castle
Location of Herdringen Castle in Germany
Alternative namesJagdschloss Herdringen
General information
Typemanor house
Architectural styleGothic revival or Tudor revival
Town or cityArnsberg
CountryGermany
Coordinates51°25′N 7°58′E / 51.42°N 7.97°E / 51.42; 7.97
Construction started1844
Completed1853
Design and construction
ArchitectErnst Friedrich Zwirner

Herdringen Castle (German: Schloss Herdringen) is a castle in the Ortsteil Herdringen of the town of Arnsberg, Germany. It is the seat of the Fürstenberg-Herdringen family and the present building (built from 1844 to 1853 to designs by Ernst Friedrich Zwirner) is one of the most notable secular Gothic revival buildings in Westphalia.[citation needed]

In 1963, Herdringen Castle and its park were used as "Chelford Manor" during the filming of the German crime movie The Black Abbot.[1]

Bibliography[]

  • (in German) Michael Jolk: Der Bau der barocken Vorburg des Schlosses Herdringen unter Mithilfe der Rüthener Steinhauer Walck und Rabaliatti. In: SüdWestfalen Archiv. Landesgeschichte im ehemals kurkölnischen Herzogtum Westfalen und der Grafschaft Arnsberg. Heft 2, Arnsberg 2002, p. 141–151.
  • (in German) Die Baudenkmäler der Stadt Arnsberg. Erfassungszeitraum 1980–1990. Arnsberg, 1990. p. 179–183.
  • (in German) Friedhelm Ackermann, Alfred Bruns: Burgen und Schlösser und Klöster im Sauerland, Strobel Verlag, 1985, ISBN 978-3877930144

References[]

  1. ^ "Filmportal: Der Schwarze Abt". Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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Coordinates: 51°25′14″N 7°58′13″E / 51.42056°N 7.97028°E / 51.42056; 7.97028


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