Vellinghausen Castle

After the brothers Heinrich and Dieter von Galen divided their inheritance in 1564 and 1566, the castle passed to Heinrich von Galen and his wife Clara von Vridag, who presumably completed the castle in 1598, as indicated by a Renaissance fireplace on the ground floor. On February 20, 1569, their daughter Dorothea brought the castle into her marriage with Johann von Neheim.

In 1700, General Heinrich von Neheim sold the estate to Kaspar Heinrich von Voss, who was married to Margareta von Korff-Schmising. The east facade and the half-hipped roof were adapted to the Baroque style, and the entrance portal was adorned with the double coat of arms of the couple who built the castle. The estate passed to Heinrich Viktor von Voss, who married Beata Elisabeth von Vincke in 1746. Her son from her first marriage, Ernst Idel Jobst von Vincke, became the next owner. Not far from the castle, the Battle of Vellinghausen took place in 1761 during the Seven Years’ War. The von Vincke family retained ownership of the castle until 1979. Since then, it has been sold twice.