Cappenberg Castle, Unna

Name: Cappenberg Castle
Address: Unna, Germany

#1 among attractions in Unna

Top attraction, Historical place, Forts and castles

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Cappenberg Castle is a former Premonstratensian monastery, Cappenberg Abbey in Cappenberg, a part of Selm, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It stands on an elevation, the Cappenberg, near Lünen and Werne, and is a vantage point offering views over the eastern Ruhrgebiet. ()

Local name: Kloster Cappenberg Coordinates: 51°39'4"N, 7°32'22"E

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Unna Germany

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Cappenberg Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stiftskirche Cappenberg, Selm-Bork Synagogue, Karl-Pollender-Stadtmuseum, Horstmarer See.

~140 ftSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Stiftskirche Cappenberg, Selm
1 min walk • St. Johannes Evangelist is a Catholic parish church in Cappenberg, now part of Selm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was formerly the abbey church of Cappenberg Abbey built in Romanesque style.
3.2 miW
Synagogue
Selm-Bork Synagogue
83 min walk • The Selm-Bork Synagogue is one of two remaining rural synagogues in Westphalia, and a witness of pre-holocaust Jewish life in Westphalia.
4.1 miE
Museum
Karl-Pollender-Stadtmuseum, Werne
106 min walk • The Karl Pollender City Museum in Werne is housed, together with the city's archives, in the Altes Amtshaus dating from 1691. In addition to early history and city history, the Sim-Jü and a silk chasuble from the 13th/14th century are particularly...
3.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Horstmarer See, Lünen
89 min walk • Lake Horstmar is a lake of about nine hectares in the Lünen Seepark in the Lünen district of Horstmar. It borders directly on the Datteln-Hamm canal and is located on the area of the former Landesgartenschau Lünen.
3.3 miSE
Canal
Datteln-Hamm Canal, Bergkamen
84 min walk • The Datteln-Hamm Canal is a canal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It links the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln to the city of Hamm. The canal is 47.2 kilometres long and has two locks, at Hamm and Werries, with a total rise of 6.8 metres.
2.7 miS
Church
Stadtkirche Sankt Georg, Lünen
70 min walk • The Protestant City Church is a listed church building at St.-Georg-Kirchplatz 1 in Lünen, a town in the Unna district.
1.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cappenberger See, Lünen
31 min walk • Lake Cappenberg was formed by the expansion of a former dredge hole and is located in Lünen in the Nordlünen statistical district, one of the three former villages of the former Altlünen municipality.
5.8 miSW
Church
Sankt Johann Baptist, Dortmund
148 min walk • The Protestant St. John Baptist Church forms the center of the village of Brechten in the Eving district of Dortmund. Around 1250, the church was built as a three-nave, two-bay hall on an almost square ground plan with a rectangular choir.
5.7 miSE
Church
Margaretenkirche
146 min walk • The Margaretenkirche in Methler is a late Romanesque hall church from the 13th century. It stands on the foundation of a church building that probably dates back to the year 1000.
6.7 miSE
Church
St. Paulus Church, Kamen
171 min walk • St. Paul's Lutheran Church is a listed church building in Kamen, a town in the Unna district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
3.6 miS
Water park, Amusement park, Park
Seepark Horstmar, Lünen
93 min walk • Seepark Lünen is a park landscape in the Lünen district of Horstmar. A large area is occupied by the nine-hectare Horstmar Lake.