Top 11 Castles around Haste

On the round trip around Lake Steinhude you also follow the Hagenburg Canal for a while or even cross it

The later manor emerged from one or more farms. The two-story manor house is striking, surrounded by a wide moat and accessible via three bridges. The basement and ground floor are made of quarry stone masonry - largely unplastered - while the high upper floor is a half-timbered building with plastered compartments. The building was probably built in the 16th century. As a half-timbered building, it is one of the older manor houses in the Calenberger Land. Beginning of the 17th century. The (first) renovations have been carried out, which is indicated by a bay window on the east side designed in the Renaissance style with "1611" as the year of construction. In 1866, further renovations were carried out in the neo-Gothic style, with parts of the external masonry being massively replaced and the stone stair tower, a gallery, a bay window and a turret being added. The manor includes a spacious park with old trees. The avenue that begins behind the park and leads to the Munzeler Mark forest is remarkable. The manor goes back to property owned by the Counts of Schaumburg, who gave it out as a fiefdom. This was associated with a seat in the knight's curia of the Calenberg state estates (state parliament) and exemption from the sovereign's service obligations. In 1743 Georg Reinhard Langwerth v. Simmern, ancestor of the current owners, the manor. Source: https://www.barsinghausen.de/portal/seiten/wichtringhausen-903000177-20002.html

I almost cycled past it. Unforgivable if you overlook such a sight. https://rittergut-wichtringhausen.de/

Hagenburg Castle, the forerunner of Hagenburg Castle, was first mentioned in a document in 1369 as Hagenborch. It probably goes back to the Counts of Schaumburg, when they set foot on the Steinhuder Meer in the 14th century. The castle was probably used in the early 14th century to secure the settlement of Hagenburg, which was built in the second half of the 13th century. From the 14th century onwards, the castle was often mortgaged and later served as the administrative seat of the Hagenburg district. In 1518 the brothers Anton and Johann zu Holstein-Schaumburg were enfeoffed with the castle by the Hessian landgrave. The lords of Heimburg sat here as their ministerials until 1558, after that Ludolf Klencke was. In 1558 Klencke had a gatehouse built and the castle rebuilt. In the living quarters he installed a spiral staircase. In 1574 his son Ernst Ludolf arranged for some renovations and the construction of a sheepfold. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Hagenburg

From the bridge there are beautiful views in both directions.

The Heisterburg or Hoysburg auf dem Deister is a fortification that was built in the 10th to 11th centuries as a royal court near Feggendorf (district of Lauenau) in Lower Saxony. The Heisterburg on the Deister is one of the Franconian courts, which were initially considered to be Roman castles and only later turned out to be a royal court. The berm (a flat area between ramparts and ditches) was 2-2½ m wider at the Heisterburg than in Roman camps and forts, even if the defense (with ramparts, ditches, towers or gates) is reminiscent of that of a Limes fort. In addition, a rectangular defensive tower was found in the south-west corner of the courtyard, which jumped inward, but was not completely excavated. Source: https://mittelalter.fandom.com/de/wiki/Heisterburg

With the explanation on the display board and the illustrations, you can understand the elevations in the area and get an impression of the size of the ramparts. Further information is available at Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisterburg.

A wonderful route. A dream of a landscape.