Can the Gallhof be visited?

Available facts give no opening hours or visiting conditions, as the building is a privately used manor house.

How old is the Gallhof?

The site is first recorded in 1332 as a curia, but the current timber-framed manor house dates from 1670.

Who owned the Gallhof?

It was linked to the counts of Schaumburg-Holstein and later remained with the counts of Schaumburg-Lippe until 1973.

Are there remains of the original fortification?

The moated island, with its ten metre wide moat, survives, and the manor house is said to stand on the foundations of an earlier tower.

Gallhof

Meerbeck

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Where: Meerbeck

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Gallhof stands in Meerbeck (Landkreis Schaumburg), in Lower Saxony, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

The Gallhof is a former moated castle of the counts of Schaumburg-Holstein, east of the hamlet of Volksdorf in the municipality of Meerbeck. What remains today is a timber-framed manor house built in 1670, said to stand on the foundations of an earlier residential tower. The building sits on a roughly 45 by 35 metre island surrounded by a ten metre wide moat, the clearest surviving trace of the original fortification.

What to know

The site lies in Meerbeck, in the Landkreis Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony.
What stands today is a private 17th century timber-framed manor house, not a visibly medieval fortress.
The ten metre wide moat around the island survives and still marks the outline of the former stronghold.
No verified information is available regarding opening times, admission fees or access to the interior.

Where this château is

Meerbeck · Landkreis Schaumburg · Niedersachsen

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Address

31715 Meerbeck

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Frequently asked

Can the Gallhof be visited?: Available facts give no opening hours or visiting conditions, as the building is a privately used manor house.
How old is the Gallhof?: The site is first recorded in 1332 as a curia, but the current timber-framed manor house dates from 1670.
Who owned the Gallhof?: It was linked to the counts of Schaumburg-Holstein and later remained with the counts of Schaumburg-Lippe until 1973.
Are there remains of the original fortification?: The moated island, with its ten metre wide moat, survives, and the manor house is said to stand on the foundations of an earlier tower.