Can the Wasserburg Ellershausen still be visited today?

No, no original structure survives, the site is now occupied by an inn.

How old is the Wasserburg Ellershausen?

It is believed to have been built around 1214 by the lords of Ellershausen, in a village first recorded in 1016.

Which families owned the burg over time?

After the lords of Ellershausen, the knightly Huhn family held it until the 16th century, before it passed by marriage and inheritance to the von Dersch and then the von Drach families.

Is there anything visible on site today?

Nothing of the original structure remains, only the nearby street name 'Zum Adligen Hof' still marks its former location.

Wasserburg Ellershausen

Ellershausen (Frankenau)

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Where: Ellershausen (Frankenau)

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Wasserburg Ellershausen stands in Ellershausen (Frankenau) (Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg), in Hesse, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

The Wasserburg Ellershausen was once a moated stronghold of which nothing visible remains today, the site now being occupied by a restaurant. Visitors come here less for physical remains, since none survive, than for the layered history of the noble families who held the place from the Middle Ages onward. Only the name of the nearby street, 'Zum Adligen Hof', still recalls the former manorial seat.

What to know

No structural remains of the burg survive, the site is now occupied by an inn.
There are no visiting hours or admission fees, since there is no monument left to tour in the usual sense.
The landmark to look for is the street 'Zum Adligen Hof', at the junction of Lengeltalstraße and Allendorfer Straße in Ellershausen, part of Frankenau.
The former water moats, still present in 1631, were filled in around 1900 and the stones of the enclosing wall reused for a stable and a barn.

Where this château is

Ellershausen (Frankenau) · Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg · Hessen

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Address

35110 Frankenau

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Can the Wasserburg Ellershausen still be visited today?: No, no original structure survives, the site is now occupied by an inn.
How old is the Wasserburg Ellershausen?: It is believed to have been built around 1214 by the lords of Ellershausen, in a village first recorded in 1016.
Which families owned the burg over time?: After the lords of Ellershausen, the knightly Huhn family held it until the 16th century, before it passed by marriage and inheritance to the von Dersch and then the von Drach families.
Is there anything visible on site today?: Nothing of the original structure remains, only the nearby street name 'Zum Adligen Hof' still marks its former location.