Herdringen Castle

Herdringen Castle
Herdringen Castle
Schloss Herdringen
	Schloss Herdringen in 2008
	Location of Herdringen Castle in Germany
Alternative names	Jagdschloss Herdringen
General information
Type	manor house
Architectural style	Gothic revival or Tudor revival
Town or city	Arnsberg
Country	Germany
Coordinates	51°25′N 7°58′E / 51.42°N 7.97°E
Construction started	1844
Completed	1853
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Ernst Friedrich Zwirner

Herdringen Castle (German: Schloss Herdringen) is a castle in the Ortsteil Herdringen of the town of Arnsberg, Germany. It is the seat of the Fürstenberg-Herdringen family and the present building (built from 1844 to 1853 to designs by Ernst Friedrich Zwirner) is one of the most notable secular Gothic revival buildings in Westphalia.^{[citation needed]}

In 1963, Herdringen Castle and its park were used as "Chelford Manor" during the filming of the German crime movie The Black Abbot.^[1]

Bibliography

(in German) Michael Jolk: Der Bau der barocken Vorburg des Schlosses Herdringen unter Mithilfe der Rüthener Steinhauer Walck und Rabaliatti. In: SüdWestfalen Archiv. Landesgeschichte im ehemals kurkölnischen Herzogtum Westfalen und der Grafschaft Arnsberg. Heft 2, Arnsberg 2002, p. 141–151.
(in German) Die Baudenkmäler der Stadt Arnsberg. Erfassungszeitraum 1980–1990. Arnsberg, 1990. p. 179–183.
(in German) Friedhelm Ackermann, Alfred Bruns: Burgen und Schlösser und Klöster im Sauerland, Strobel Verlag, 1985, ISBN 978-3877930144