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Burg Pungelscheid

Pungelscheid Castle

Werdohl

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Werdohl

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Burg Pungelscheid stands in Werdohl (Märkischer Kreis), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Recorded dating: 13th century. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Pungelscheid was a medieval stronghold raised around 1300 on a hilltop in the Sauerland region, near the Ebbegebirge range, at Werdohl. A lightning strike set it ablaze in 1797, leaving only part of a round tower and a vaulted cellar standing. A farmhouse, still inhabited today, now occupies the former castle grounds, crossed by the road Alt Pungelscheid, where an old forge and a historic oat storehouse can still be seen. No visible remains of the original castle structure survive above ground.

What to know

  • The site lies on private, inhabited land, the present farmhouse, and can only be viewed from the public road Alt Pungelscheid.
  • No remains of the original castle are visible above ground, only a nearby old forge and historic oat storehouse survive.
  • The location sits on a hilltop at the edge of the Ebbegebirge nature park in the Sauerland region.
  • There are no set hours, fees, or organised tours, as the site is not developed for visitors.

Where this château is

Werdohl · Märkischer Kreis · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

58791 Werdohl

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Heritage status
Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Period of construction
13th century

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Frequently asked

Can you visit Burg Pungelscheid?
The site is not open to visitors, it is a privately owned, inhabited farmhouse that can only be glimpsed from the nearby road.
Are there visible ruins of the castle?
No, no above ground remains of the medieval fortress can be identified on the grounds today.
When was Burg Pungelscheid built?
It was built around 1300 and first documented in a record from 1359.
Why did the castle disappear?
A lightning strike caused a fire in 1797 that destroyed it, leaving only part of a round tower and a vaulted cellar.

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.

Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Märkischer Kreis

From the same period — 13e siècle