Castles open this weekend in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
32 castles open
Weekend of Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27
32 castles in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany welcome visitors on the weekend of Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27. For 31 of them we know the Saturday and Sunday hours; the other 1 announce a season covering these dates without publishing a weekly timetable: call before you go.
Opening hours come from the castle’s official website, or from Google when the site does not publish any, and are re-read every ninety days. Seasons are copied word for word from the castle’s website. A castle can close without notice: its entry lists a phone number.
Weekend hours known
- Saturday
- : 10:00 to 19:00
- Sunday
- : 10:00 to 19:00
- Kaiserpfalz KaiserswerthDüsseldorf
- Saturday
- : 10:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 10:00 to 18:00
- Burg Nideggen (Nideggen Castle)Nideggen
- Saturday
- : 10:00 to 17:00
- Sunday
- : 10:00 to 17:00
- Wittringen CastleGladbeck
- Saturday
- : 12:00 to 22:00
- Sunday
- : 12:00 to 22:00
- Saturday
- : 12:00 to 22:00
- Sunday
- : 12:00 to 21:00
- Saturday
- : 17:30 to 23:30
- Sunday
- : 12:00 to 22:00
- Schloss Strünkede (Strünkede Castle)Stadtbezirk Herne-Mitte
- Saturday
- : 14:00 to 17:00
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 17:00
Adult €2.50 - Brüggen CastleBrüggen
- Saturday
- : 10:00 to 14:00
- Sunday
- : 10:00 to 16:00
- Saturday
- : 11:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 18:00
- Schloss DetmoldDetmold
- Saturday
- : 11:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 18:00
- GodesburgBad Godesberg
- Saturday
- : closed
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 14:00
- SchwanenburgKleve
- Saturday
- : 11:00 to 17:00
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 17:00
- LaufenburgLangerwehe
- Saturday
- : 09:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 08:00 to 19:00
- Saturday
- : 14:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 14:00 to 18:00
- GinsburgHilchenbach
- Saturday
- : 13:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 13:00 to 18:00
- Burg Altendorf (Altendorf Castle)Stadtbezirk VIII (Essen)
- Saturday
- : 15:00 to 17:00
- Sunday
- : 15:00 to 17:00
Free admission - Krickenbeck CastleNettetal
- Saturday
- : 09:00 to 19:00
- Sunday
- : 09:00 to 19:00
- Saturday
- : 09:00 to 17:00
- Sunday
- : 09:00 to 17:00
- Saturday
- : 10:00 to 17:00
- Sunday
- : 08:00 to 18:00
- Saturday
- : 09:00 to 14:00
- Sunday
- : closed
- Gimborn CastleMarienheide
- Saturday
- : 08:30 to 20:00
- Sunday
- : 08:30 to 20:00
- Heltorf CastleAngermund
- Saturday
- : 10:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 10:00 to 18:00
Adult €3.50 - Georghausen CastleLindlar
- Saturday
- : 12:00 to 22:00
- Sunday
- : 12:00 to 22:00
- Schloß BloemersheimNeukirchen-Vluyn
- Saturday
- : 08:30 to 14:00
- Sunday
- : 09:00 to 13:00
- Burg Limberg (Limberg Castle)Preußisch Oldendorf
- Saturday
- : 11:00 to 14:00, 17:30 to 22:00
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 14:00, 17:30 to 22:00
- Schloss LüftelbergMeckenheim
- Saturday
- : 09:00 to 17:00
- Sunday
- : closed
- Schloss Jägerhof (Jägerhof Castle)Düsseldorf
- Saturday
- : 12:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 12:00 to 18:00
- Beverungen castleBeverungen
- Saturday
- : 17:00 to 23:00
- Sunday
- : 11:30 to 14:00, 17:00 to 22:00
- Vischering CastleLüdinghausen
- Saturday
- : 10:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 10:00 to 18:00
- Horst PalaceStadtbezirk Gelsenkirchen-West
- Saturday
- : closed
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 18:00
Free admission - Schloss Oberhausen (Oberhausen Castle)Oberhausen
- Saturday
- : 11:00 to 18:00
- Sunday
- : 11:00 to 18:00
Adult €12
Open this season (hours to confirm on site)
These castles announce that they are open during the current season, without day-by-day hours. The wording is theirs, copied without rephrasing.
- Schloss Beck (Beck Castle)Bottrop
- Announced season
- : du 18 juillet au 1er septembre 2026 (Sommerferien), ouvert tous les jours
Adult €18
All castles in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Frequently asked questions
- Which castles are free this weekend in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany?
- 2 castles in this list announce free admission: Burg Altendorf and Horst Palace. The grounds are sometimes free when the interior is not: the entry says so.
- How do you know they are open this weekend?
- For 31 castles, a weekly timetable published by the castle or by Google gives a slot on Saturday or Sunday. For 1 others, the opening season announced on the official website covers these dates. A castle that publishes nothing is not in the list: knowing nothing is not knowing that it is closed.