Schloss Varlar

#2578 among destinations in Germany

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Varlar Abbey, often referred to as a monastery, was a Premonstratensian monastery founded by the Counts of Cappenberg in the Münsterland region. The monastery, which was converted into Varlar Castle, stands in the Bauerschaft Varlar in the Rosendahl district of Osterwick. The community there existed from about 1123/24 until secularization in 1803, after which the monastery passed into the possession of the Wild and Rhine Counts of Salm, who took over much of the extensive ecclesiastical property and also became sovereigns for a short time.

Coordinates: 51°59'11"N, 7°10'45"E

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Varlar 70North Rhine-WestphaliaGermany

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Schloss Varlar – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coesfeld Cross, Abtei Gerleve, Kolvenburg, Walkenbrückentor.

2.8 miS
City hall, Gothic architecture
Coesfeld Cross, Coesfeld
73 min walk • The Coesfeld Cross is a forked crucifix and is located in the Church of Saint Lambert in Coesfeld. It is the largest of its type in Germany and is especially noted for its graphically clear portrayal of Christ's suffering.
3.7 miSE
Church, Monastery
Abtei Gerleve, Billerbeck
96 min walk • Gerleve Abbey is a monastery of the Benedictine Order situated between Coesfeld and Billerbeck in Westphalia, in Germany.
4.7 miE
Museum
Kolvenburg, Billerbeck
121 min walk • Kolvenburg, more rarely spelled Colvenburg, is a former moated castle on the upper reaches of the Berkel River south of the town center of Billerbeck in the district of Coesfeld. Almost in sight is 1.3 kilometers southwest the house Hameren.
2.7 miS
City gate, Museum
Walkenbrückentor, Coesfeld
70 min walk • The Walkenbrückentor is the last surviving of formerly six town gates of the former Coesfeld town wall. It is located at the Mühlenplatz directly at the entrance of the Berkel into the city, where at a barrage the floodwater is diverted into the...
2.9 miS
Church
Jesuit Church, Coesfeld
74 min walk • The Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius in Coesfeld was the church of the college and grammar school church of the Jesuit-run Nepomucenum. Later it was a simultaneous church for about one hundred and fifty years and is now the Protestant parish church ...
2.8 miS
Church
St. Lamberti, Coesfeld
72 min walk • St. Lamberti is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of the same name in Coesfeld, Münsterland. It stands directly on the town's market square.
4.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Schloss Darfeld
108 min walk • The moated castle Darfeld is a manor house, former knight's seat, former official residence and architectural monument in the Bauerschaft Netter near the village of Darfeld in the municipality of Rosendahl, Coesfeld district, North...
2.5 miS
Ruins
Torhaus der Ludgerusburg, Coesfeld
65 min walk • Ludgerusburg is a looped star-shaped citadel in the north of Coesfeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, whose construction and destruction fell in the second half of the 17th century. It was the sovereign residence of Christoph Bernhard von Galen, named...
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Coesfelder Berg
77 min walk • The Coesfelder Berg is the westernmost top in the Coesfeld-Darup Hills, a range that is the southwest continuation of the Baumberge hills in the Münsterland in North Germany.
3 miS
Church
St. Jakobi Kirche, Coesfeld
78 min walk • St. Jakobi is a Catholic former parish church in Coesfeld. It is somewhat younger than the Lambertikirche, from which it was departed in the late 12th century, and to which it has belonged again since late 2007.
4.5 miE
Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery, Billerbeck
116 min walk • The Jewish cemetery Billerbeck is a Jewish cemetery in Billerbeck, a town in the district of Coesfeld in North Rhine-Westphalia. The cemetery is located at the end of the town in the direction of Rorup and has been a listed building since 1995.