Events at castles and palaces

Nature and culture - two terms that stand in a special relationship of tension and have been constantly renegotiated over the course of time. Today, the pair of terms is more relevant than ever and omnipresent in the media, everyday life and art. The current special exhibition takes visitors on a journey through time and discusses perspectives on nature and culture from the 18th century to the present day.

Contemporary positions by the artists Maike Denker, Judith Kaminski, Alem Kolbus, Julia Löffler and Heike Negenborn deal with landscape construction, the appropriation of nature, the significance of houseplants and human traces in nature. This is contrasted with a historical perspective that looks at the life of the botanist Franz Wernekinck, who was born at Burg Vischering in the 18th century and devoted himself to floristic explorations and botanical teaching in Westphalia.

At the invitation of the KaKTUS Kulturforum, the artist Sala Lieber is showing her works in Lüdinghausen Castle. The exhibition is called "Seductions": Baroque pictorial worlds, interpreted in a modern way, with a pinch of symbolism and irony.

With Larissa Spenst, the KAKTuS Kulturforum is exhibiting the works of an artist who is still little known in our region. Her broadly based painterly oeuvre captivates with its extraordinary diversity. It is a "feminine" art that is worth discovering. The exhibition will be shown in the rooms of the KAKTuS Kulturforum in Lüdinghausen Castle. Opening hours: Sat, Sun and public holidays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

From 2023, the listed park and garden of the moated castle Haus Stapel will be shown in regular guided tours by the owner Dr Mechthild Freifrau Raitz von Frentz. Among other things, historical photographs will be compared with the spatial structures of the garden monument that are still recognisable today.

Everyone is welcome, no pre-registration is required. Suitable footwear is recommended, as the paths can be muddy depending on the weather. Each garden tour has a special botanical focus appropriate to the season.

This year, the castle community, in cooperation with the native entrepreneur W. Uphoff, lets the cows loose. The special thing about this animal exhibition is that all the traders and entrepreneurs participate and thus give "their" cow its very own character in terms of design.

You will find almost 50 exhibits at more than 35 locations in the castle community.

Combined palace and park tours

You can get a significant overall impression on a guided tour that includes both the palace interior and the park.

Many of the ideas of the garden architecture are closely related to the building history of the palace. The respective owners also shaped the style of the garden according to the taste of their era.

The combined tour lasts approx. 1.5 hours and takes place regardless of the weather.

Children play their way into life! Play has always been at the centre of children's occupation. While in earlier centuries crowds of playing children livened up the streets, this sight is no longer a matter of course today. There is no doubt that through play children acquire many different skills that are important for life. Even today, there are games that have survived for centuries and are still played just as they used to be. On this day, parents and grandparents together with their children have the opportunity to try out old, almost forgotten games to their heart's content. Walking on stilts and whip tops are very popular. But who knows the medieval dice games from the leather bag? These and many other games based on historical models make for an exciting afternoon.

Group 73 shows its works for the 50th time at Easter in the Mensa, Schloss Nordkirchen.
Paintings from figurative to abstract, fabric and jewellery design are exhibited.

Have you ever been to the castle in the evening when the other visitors have gone home? In this theatre workshop, you can explore the castle together with actress Gabriele. You'll be looking for light, shadows, sounds and noises that you can record with your smartphone. You'll also collect lots of other impressions - and from these you'll develop a short theatre performance about the age of chivalry and Vischering Castle. Of course, your imagination will play the main role. There are many paths you can take in your search for your story. Of course, not everything will be revealed here. But you will certainly experience extraordinary moments at Vischering Castle in the evening.