What remains of Burg Kettenburg today?

Only an earthen mound about 20 metres across survives, marking the former motte on which the tower once stood.

Where is Burg Kettenburg located?

It lies west of the Kettenburg district near Visselhövede, in the Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme), Lower Saxony.

When was Burg Kettenburg built?

The first fortification was built between 1340 and 1347 as a border stronghold against the Bishopric of Verden, demolished in 1383, and rebuilt from 1470.

Can you visit Burg Kettenburg?

Visitors can walk to the site and see the mound and ditch traces, but no buildings or visitor facilities remain.

Burg Kettenburg

Kettenburg Castle

Visselhövede

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Visselhövede

Burg Kettenburg stands in Visselhövede (Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme)), in Lower Saxony, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Kettenburg was a motte fortification, now vanished, west of the Kettenburg district near Visselhövede in Lower Saxony. Built between 1340 and 1347 as a border stronghold of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg against the Bishopric of Verden, it was torn down as early as 1383 on the bishop's orders. A second, timber-framed fortification was raised from 1470 onward and gave its name to the von der Kettenburg family, who held the site until 1744. All that remains today is an earthen mound roughly twenty metres across, marking where the tower once stood.

What to know

Only an earthen mound remains of Burg Kettenburg, with no standing structures on site.
The site lies in the open countryside west of the Kettenburg district, near Visselhövede.
A visit amounts to viewing a shaped mound of earth and some buried remains.
No verified information exists regarding opening hours, fees or accessibility arrangements.

Where this château is

Visselhövede · Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) · Niedersachsen

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Address

27374 Visselhövede

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Frequently asked

What remains of Burg Kettenburg today?: Only an earthen mound about 20 metres across survives, marking the former motte on which the tower once stood.
Where is Burg Kettenburg located?: It lies west of the Kettenburg district near Visselhövede, in the Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme), Lower Saxony.
When was Burg Kettenburg built?: The first fortification was built between 1340 and 1347 as a border stronghold against the Bishopric of Verden, demolished in 1383, and rebuilt from 1470.
Can you visit Burg Kettenburg?: Visitors can walk to the site and see the mound and ditch traces, but no buildings or visitor facilities remain.