Can you visit the Wasserburg Gauangelloch?

What remains of the site houses an art gallery open to the public, set in the former residential building and its park.

Is there still a moat around the building?

No, the old moat was filled in long ago.

Who owns the Wasserburg Gauangelloch?

The property still belongs to the von Bettendorf family, who have held it since the fifteenth century.

What survives of the original structure?

Only a restored residential building remains, as most of the fortress was demolished in the nineteenth century.

Wasserburg Gauangelloch

Leimen

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No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Leimen

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Open within 20 km

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Wasserburg Gauangelloch stands in Leimen (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis), in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

The Wasserburg Gauangelloch is a former moated manor house in Gauangelloch, a district of Leimen, of which only a restored residential building standing in a park survives today. Built on the Angelbach stream, it has belonged since the fifteenth century to the von Bettendorf family, who still own the property. Destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and rebuilt in 1665, it lost most of its structures in the nineteenth century. The grounds now house a gallery showing African sculpture and art exhibitions.

What to know

The site is mainly visited through the art gallery housed in the former residential building and its park.
The old moat was filled in long ago, so no water surrounds the building today.
The property remains privately owned by the von Bettendorf family.
No opening hours, admission fees or access conditions are confirmed for this listing.

Where this château is

Leimen · Rhein-Neckar-Kreis · Baden-Württemberg

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Address

Im Schloßgarten 1, 69181 Leimen-Gauangelloch

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Can you visit the Wasserburg Gauangelloch?: What remains of the site houses an art gallery open to the public, set in the former residential building and its park.
Is there still a moat around the building?: No, the old moat was filled in long ago.
Who owns the Wasserburg Gauangelloch?: The property still belongs to the von Bettendorf family, who have held it since the fifteenth century.
What survives of the original structure?: Only a restored residential building remains, as most of the fortress was demolished in the nineteenth century.