Can you visit the Unteres Schloss freely?

Part of the building is used by the University of Siegen, so access depends on the areas and university schedules.

Why is it called Unteres Schloss?

The name means lower palace, distinguishing it from the Oberes Schloss, the historic residence on higher ground in Siegen.

What was on this site originally?

A Franciscan friary stood here from the late 15th century until it was dissolved in 1534 during the Reformation.

What is its connection to the House of Nassau-Siegen?

In the 17th century the building became the residence of the Protestant line of this family, who also built a princely burial vault there.

Unteres Schloss

Siegen

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Siegen

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

Sleep nearby

Unteres Schloss stands in Siegen (Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

Standing in the centre of Siegen, the Unteres Schloss occupies the site of a Franciscan friary founded in the late 15th century, which in the 17th century became the residence of the Protestant line of the House of Nassau-Siegen. The surviving buildings reflect several building phases carried out under Johann Moritz and later his successor Wilhelm Moritz, including a gallery wing and a princely burial vault for the family. Now partly used as a campus of the University of Siegen, the complex still shows the layered history from monastic cloister to residential palace.

What to know

The building is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Part of the premises now serves as a campus of the University of Siegen, which limits access to certain areas.
No verified opening hours or admission prices are available.
The princely burial vault of the House of Nassau-Siegen is among the preserved historical features of the site.

Where this château is

Siegen · Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein · Nordrhein-Westfalen

Loading the map…

This châteauChâteaux within 40 km

Address

57072 Siegen

Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.

Get directions View on a map

Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

In pictures

Frequently asked

Can you visit the Unteres Schloss freely?: Part of the building is used by the University of Siegen, so access depends on the areas and university schedules.
Why is it called Unteres Schloss?: The name means lower palace, distinguishing it from the Oberes Schloss, the historic residence on higher ground in Siegen.
What was on this site originally?: A Franciscan friary stood here from the late 15th century until it was dissolved in 1534 during the Reformation.
What is its connection to the House of Nassau-Siegen?: In the 17th century the building became the residence of the Protestant line of this family, who also built a princely burial vault there.