Can you visit the Schloss Heessen?

No, the building houses a private boarding school and grammar school and is not open for internal visits.

Where is the Schloss Heessen located?

In the Heessen district on the Lippe river, in Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Is the Schloss Heessen a protected site?

It is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.

What is the origin of the castle?

It replaced an earlier medieval manor and was built as a moated castle by the von Volmerstein family after 1360.

Castle of Heessen

Hamm

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Schloss Heessen stands in Hamm (Hamm), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Schloss Heessen rises on the banks of the Lippe river, in the Hamm district that bears its name. Built in brick over centuries-old limestone castle walls, it forms a three-winged main building with a tower whose stepped gables reach more than thirty metres in height. Spiral staircases and oriels display Renaissance ornamentation, while neo-Gothic stepped gables crown each of the three wings. Surrounded by moats, the building now houses a private school and boarding institution and is not open to the public as a heritage site.

What to know

The site is not a monument open to the public; it houses a private boarding school and grammar school.
Access to the interior is not arranged for outside visitors.
The building and its moated grounds can still be viewed from the surroundings in the Heessen district of Hamm.
There are no visiting hours or admission fees, as this is not a tourist site.

Where this château is

Hamm · Hamm · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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This châteauChâteaux within 40 km

Address

Schloßstraße 1, 59073 Hamm-Heessen

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Château phone number

+49 2381 6850

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Frequently asked

Can you visit the Schloss Heessen?: No, the building houses a private boarding school and grammar school and is not open for internal visits.
Where is the Schloss Heessen located?: In the Heessen district on the Lippe river, in Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Is the Schloss Heessen a protected site?: It is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
What is the origin of the castle?: It replaced an earlier medieval manor and was built as a moated castle by the von Volmerstein family after 1360.