Can you visit the Burgstall Herbram?

There is nothing to visit in the usual sense: the site is farmland where only buried traces remain, visible solely in dry weather.

What remains of the castle today?

No structure has survived; only vegetation marks reveal, during dry spells, the outline of a moat and a foundation roughly 25 metres square.

Who built this castle?

It was the seat of the lords of Herse and passed in the fifteenth century to the von Westphal family after that line died out.

Where exactly is the site located?

It lies in Herbram, a district of Lichtenau in the Kreis Paderborn, near St. John the Baptist church, between the church and the Schmittwasser stream.

Burgstall Herbram

Lichtenau

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Lichtenau

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Burgstall Herbram stands in Lichtenau (Kreis Paderborn), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

The Burgstall Herbram marks the site of a former medieval moated manor house, now vanished, which once stood in Herbram, a district of Lichtenau in the Kreis Paderborn. It served for a long time as the seat of the lords of Herse before passing to the von Westphal family in the fifteenth century. No structure remains standing today: the plot is used as pasture, and the outline of a former moat along with foundations roughly twenty-five metres square can only be made out in dry weather, through marks in the vegetation.

What to know

No building or above-ground remains survive at the site.
The land is a privately used pasture with no visitor facilities.
The former moat and foundations can only be traced during dry weather, through marks in the vegetation.
There are no opening hours, fees, or organised access for this site.
The location lies near St. John the Baptist church in Herbram, part of the town of Lichtenau.

Where this château is

Lichtenau · Kreis Paderborn · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

33165 Lichtenau

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Heritage status: Protection status unknown

Frequently asked

Can you visit the Burgstall Herbram?: There is nothing to visit in the usual sense: the site is farmland where only buried traces remain, visible solely in dry weather.
What remains of the castle today?: No structure has survived; only vegetation marks reveal, during dry spells, the outline of a moat and a foundation roughly 25 metres square.
Who built this castle?: It was the seat of the lords of Herse and passed in the fifteenth century to the von Westphal family after that line died out.
Where exactly is the site located?: It lies in Herbram, a district of Lichtenau in the Kreis Paderborn, near St. John the Baptist church, between the church and the Schmittwasser stream.