Husen Castle (''Burg Husen'') is a

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of a

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in the

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

borough of

Syburg Syburg is a borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of the city of Dortmund in the Ruhr district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 1929, it has been a borough of Dortmund, located in the city's south. It is part of the Hörde district. Geschichte Syb ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

. The origins of the site go back to the 13th century. The present shape of the tower house dates to the 17th century. It is included in the monument inden of the city of Dortmund as a

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. The estate with its pastures and stands of trees that belongs to Syburg is about 7,000 m² in area and lies in the triangle formed by the cities of Dortmund,

Schwerte Schwerte ( Westphalian: ''Schweierte'') is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Schwerte is situated in the Ruhr valley, at the south-east border of the Ruhr Area. South of Schwerte begins the mountain ...

and

Hagen Hagen () is the 41st-largest city in Germany. The municipality is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme (me ...

. The

Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder The Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (roughly: ''Association of Christian Guides and Scouts'', VCP) is a German Protestant coed Scouting and Guiding association. According to the VCP, the organization has about 47,000 member ...

(VCP) of Westphalia Land took over the castle in 1984 and uses it as a youth holiday home with and youth campsite.

External links

Information by the VCP of Westphalia Land on Husen Castle

Information by the NRW foundation on Husen Castle

References

Nr. A 0530. {{cite web , publisher=Denkmalbehörde der Stadt Dortmund , url=http://www.dortmund.de/media/p/denkmalbehoerde_1/downloads_4/denkmallisten/Denkmalverzeichnis_Dortmund.pdf , format=PDF , title=Denkmalliste der Stadt Dortmund , work=dortmund.de – Das Dortmunder Stadtportal , date=2014-04-14 , access-date=2014-06-15 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915230756/http://www.dortmund.de/media/p/denkmalbehoerde_1/downloads_4/denkmallisten/Denkmalverzeichnis_Dortmund.pdf , archive-date=2014-09-15 , url-status=dead – Größe: 180 kB Castles in North Rhine-Westphalia Buildings and structures in Dortmund Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia County of Mark