Can you climb the keep at Plesse Castle?

Yes, an internal staircase leads to the top of the shortened keep, giving views over Eddigehausen and the Leine valley.

Is Plesse Castle a ruin or a furnished castle?

It is a medieval ruin, partly restored in the 19th and 20th centuries, with no furnished interiors.

Where is Plesse Castle located?

It stands near Bovenden, in the Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony, a few kilometres north of Göttingen.

Is there really a legendary well at Plesse Castle?

Historical accounts describe an extremely deep well, but archaeologists have never actually located it on the site.

Plesse Castle

Bovenden

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Burg Plesse stands in Bovenden (Landkreis Göttingen), in Lower Saxony, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Plesse Castle stands as a ruin on a light limestone spur a few kilometres north of Göttingen, overlooking the Leine valley and the village of Eddigehausen. What remains includes a keep shortened in the 16th century out of fear it might collapse under cannon fire, a slender watchtower nicknamed Sydekum, two gatehouses, and the remains of a chapel and a stone hall. Visitors can climb the keep by an internal staircase for views over the surrounding countryside. The site's history, wrapped in legends about a well never actually found by archaeologists, goes back to an 11th-century donation and passes through the lords of Plesse and later the Landgraves of Hesse.

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What to know

This is an open-air ruin, with no roofed rooms or furnished interiors to visit.
The keep is climbed via an internal staircase, requiring a basic level of mobility.
The site sits on a wooded spur above Eddigehausen, reached along a hiking path.
The castle is listed as a Baudenkmal in Lower Saxony.

Practical information

Opening hours

Thursday	12:00-19:00
Friday	12:00-19:00
Saturday	12:00-19:00
Sunday	12:00-19:00

Annual closures : Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday

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Wheelchair access: Not verified
Dogs: Not verified
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Where this château is

Bovenden · Landkreis Göttingen · Niedersachsen

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37120 Bovenden

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Niedersachsen

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Can you climb the keep at Plesse Castle?: Yes, an internal staircase leads to the top of the shortened keep, giving views over Eddigehausen and the Leine valley.
Is Plesse Castle a ruin or a furnished castle?: It is a medieval ruin, partly restored in the 19th and 20th centuries, with no furnished interiors.
Where is Plesse Castle located?: It stands near Bovenden, in the Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony, a few kilometres north of Göttingen.
Is there really a legendary well at Plesse Castle?: Historical accounts describe an extremely deep well, but archaeologists have never actually located it on the site.