Can you visit the Osterburg without booking?

No, visits require prior telephone arrangement since it is an inhabited private residence.

Who built the Osterburg?

The stone hall was built around 1490 by the East Frisian chieftain family Beninga, whose descendants still own it.

What remains of the three original castles at Groothusen?

Only the Osterburg survives largely intact, the other two, Westerburg and Middelsteburg, having been destroyed or heavily altered.

What can be seen inside?

Rooms furnished since the Baroque era and an ancestral portrait gallery spanning five centuries.

Osterburg

Krummhörn

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Osterburg (Groothusen) stands in Krummhörn (Landkreis Aurich), in Lower Saxony, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Osterburg stands in Groothusen, ringed by its moat and reached only by a stone bridge, the last of the three fortified houses this East Frisian village once held. Its stone hall, raised around 1490 by the Beninga chieftain family, gained wings, a barn and an entrance hall over the following centuries, changes that hide the original outline from the courtyard side though it remains visible from the rear. Inside are rooms furnished since the Baroque period, reflecting shifting tastes across generations, along with an ancestral gallery of portraits spanning five centuries. The house remains in the hands of Beninga descendants and can be visited by prior telephone arrangement.

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What to know

Visits are arranged solely by prior telephone booking, there are no fixed opening hours.
The Osterburg is a private, inhabited property, which explains this guided-visit-by-appointment format.
Access to the building is via a stone bridge crossing the surrounding moat.
The surrounding park, with its lime tree avenue and traces of older garden layouts, can be explored on foot around the moated site.
The monument is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.

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

Krummhörn · Landkreis Aurich · Niedersachsen

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Krummhörn, Landkreis Aurich

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Frequently asked

Can you visit the Osterburg without booking?: No, visits require prior telephone arrangement since it is an inhabited private residence.
Who built the Osterburg?: The stone hall was built around 1490 by the East Frisian chieftain family Beninga, whose descendants still own it.
What remains of the three original castles at Groothusen?: Only the Osterburg survives largely intact, the other two, Westerburg and Middelsteburg, having been destroyed or heavily altered.
What can be seen inside?: Rooms furnished since the Baroque era and an ancestral portrait gallery spanning five centuries.