Can Burg Baesweiler be visited like a castle museum?

No, the building mainly functions as a cultural centre with a library, an armour collection room and a dining area, no castle-museum style guided tour is described in the available sources.

Where is Burg Baesweiler located?

It stands in the town centre of Baesweiler, in the Städteregion Aachen district, North Rhine-Westphalia.

How old is Burg Baesweiler?

The oldest surviving part, a residential house with corner quoins, dates from the 16th century, while the farm wings mostly date from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Which families are linked to Burg Baesweiler's history?

The von Randerath and von Schilling families, whose coats of arms crown the gateway, shaped the estate before it passed to the Nesselrode zu Ehreshoven family in the 18th century.

What can be seen at Burg Baesweiler today?

Visitors can see the courtyard bordered by four brick wings, the crowned gateway, the octagonal stair tower and the metal lion sculpture that is a symbol of the town.

Burg Baesweiler

Baesweiler Castle

Baesweiler

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Where: Baesweiler

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Burg Baesweiler stands in Baesweiler (Städteregion Aachen), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Burg Baesweiler stands in the town centre of Baesweiler, within the Städteregion Aachen district. Once a moated manor, it still shows its four wings arranged around a courtyard on a trapezoidal brick base, a layout typical of Rhineland fortified farmsteads. A pointed archway framed in blue stone and topped with the coats of arms of the von Randerath and von Schilling families still forms the entrance. The building now houses a cultural centre with a public library and a collection of knights' armour.

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Opening hours

Monday (today)	Closed
Tuesday	Closed
Wednesday	17:00-22:00
Thursday	17:00-22:00
Friday	17:00-22:00
Saturday	17:00-22:00
Sunday	Closed

Opening hours published by the château on its Google listing. We have not yet confirmed them on its official website.

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Wheelchair access: Not verified
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Where this château is

Baesweiler · Städteregion Aachen · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

Burgstraße 16, 52499 Baesweiler

Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.

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Château phone number

+49 2401 605060

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Can Burg Baesweiler be visited like a castle museum?: No, the building mainly functions as a cultural centre with a library, an armour collection room and a dining area, no castle-museum style guided tour is described in the available sources.
Where is Burg Baesweiler located?: It stands in the town centre of Baesweiler, in the Städteregion Aachen district, North Rhine-Westphalia.
How old is Burg Baesweiler?: The oldest surviving part, a residential house with corner quoins, dates from the 16th century, while the farm wings mostly date from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Which families are linked to Burg Baesweiler's history?: The von Randerath and von Schilling families, whose coats of arms crown the gateway, shaped the estate before it passed to the Nesselrode zu Ehreshoven family in the 18th century.
What can be seen at Burg Baesweiler today?: Visitors can see the courtyard bordered by four brick wings, the crowned gateway, the octagonal stair tower and the metal lion sculpture that is a symbol of the town.