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Cappenberg Castle

Selm, Germany

Cappenberg Castle (Schloss Cappenberg) is a former Premonstratensian monastery, Cappenberg Abbey (Kloster Cappenberg) 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 across the eastern fringes of the Ruhr area agglomeration. In the castle grounds is a water tower constructed in 1899, now a protected monument, which was restored in 1992. The approach from the north-west to the main gate is marked by two stone lions on pedestals, standing at the entrance to an avenue between clipped oaks. On the adjacent castle grounds are a wildlife reserve and a bird of prey sanctuary.

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