What remains of Burg Davensberg today?

Only a round tower of brick and rubble stonework has survived, the rest of the medieval castle exists only as buried foundation remains.

When was Burg Davensberg built?

The castle was likely founded around 1250 by the lords of Meinhövel, while the surviving tower dates from an expansion around 1500 to 1530.

Can you visit inside the tower?

The tower houses a museum on old farming tools run by a local heritage association, though current access conditions are not verified here.

Why is Burg Davensberg in ruins?

The site was burned down by Lüneburg troops in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War, and was gradually abandoned and left to decay after 1750.

Burg Davensberg

Davensberg Castle

Ascheberg

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

Of Burg Davensberg, a knights' castle founded around 1250 by the lords of Meinhövel, only a round tower of brick and rubble stonework remains, built during an expansion of the complex around 1500 to 1530. Passed by marriage to the powerful von Büren family and later to the von Morrien and von Füchteln families, the site was burned down by Lüneburg troops in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War and gradually fell into ruin after 1750. The tower, last restored in 1971, now houses a museum run by a local heritage association, focused on old farming tools, along with a fireplace room, a former prison and a dungeon below.

What to know

Only a round tower survives from the former castle, the rest of the site consists of foundation remains in open ground.
The building is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The tower houses a small museum on old farming tools, run by a local heritage association.
No verified information is available on opening hours, admission fees or accessibility, so it is worth checking locally before visiting.

Where this château is

Ascheberg · Kreis Coesfeld · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Mühlendamm 7, 59387 Ascheberg

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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What remains of Burg Davensberg today?: Only a round tower of brick and rubble stonework has survived, the rest of the medieval castle exists only as buried foundation remains.
When was Burg Davensberg built?: The castle was likely founded around 1250 by the lords of Meinhövel, while the surviving tower dates from an expansion around 1500 to 1530.
Can you visit inside the tower?: The tower houses a museum on old farming tools run by a local heritage association, though current access conditions are not verified here.
Why is Burg Davensberg in ruins?: The site was burned down by Lüneburg troops in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War, and was gradually abandoned and left to decay after 1750.