Hülsede Water Castle (german: Wasserschloss Hülsede) is a

water castle A water castle is a castle whose site is largely defended by water. It can be entirely surrounded by water-filled moats (moated castle) or natural waterbodies such as island castles in a river or offshore. The term comes from European castle st ...

in the Weser Renaissance style located in

Hülsede Hülsede is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Places of interest * Hülsede Water Castle Hülsede Water Castle (german: Wasserschloss Hülsede) is a water castle in the Weser Renaissance style located in ...

in the German state of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

between the

Süntel The is a massif in the German Central Uplands that is up to . It forms part of the Weser Uplands in Lower Saxony southwest of Hanover and north of Hamelin. Geographical location The Süntel is the eastern extension of the Wesergebirge and run ...

and Deister ridges.

History

In 1310 the Count of Schaumburg enfeoffed the von Rottorp family with the court in Hülsede, which later became the ground floor of the subsequent manor house. The castle was built as a four-winged building between 1529-48 by (''Clawes'') Claus von Rottorp and further extended up to 1600. In 1584 the male line of the von Rottorps died out. The son-in-law, Ernst von Reden, was not able to establish his claim against the counts of Schaumburg. As a result, the Count of Schaumburg enfeoffed the Bishop of Minden, Hermann von Mengersen, (seneschal (''Drost'') in Rodenberg and Sachsenhagen) who married Ilse v. d. Born) with the Hülsede estate. In 1908 the fief became the freehold of the Mengersens. In 1970 Monika von Bronsart, née von Mengersen, became the owner. In 1979 restoration of the castle was begun.

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Description at burgen und schlösser.net''In Vollmondnächten spukt’s''
in the

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