Schloss Körtlinghausen

Schloss Körtlinghausen
Soest (district), North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Schloss Körtlinghausen from the south
2024
Site information
TypeChâteau
(Schloss / Moated manor house)
ConditionRestored
Location
Schloss Körtlinghausen
Coordinates51°27′41″N 8°24′37″E / 51.46139°N 8.41028°E / 51.46139; 8.41028
Site history
Built1746 (present version)
ArchitectJustus Wehmer

Schloss Körtlinghausen is a Baroque Schloss (château) in Germany's Sauerland region, roughly equidistant between Dortmund and Kassel. It is sited on the southern bank of the River Glenne and it is surrounded by a moat.

Beyond the moat it one of the country's largest and oldest Oak trees, which is more than a thousand years old. The circumference of the trunk just above ground level is 12.4 m (41 ft).