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Wasserschloss Tatenhausen seen from the south across the moat, drawn in the style of an old copperplate engraving: the pavilion tower on the left, the three-storey manor house in the centre, the long side wing and a weeping willow on the right; the castle is reflected in the water.

Wasserschloss Tatenhausen

A moated castle by the Tatenhausen Forest in family hands since 1524

The castle in brief
Full coat of arms of the von Korff genannt Schmising family: a golden fleur-de-lis on red, above it a crowned helmet with a fleur-de-lis between two mermaids, red and gold mantling.
Arms of the von Korff genannt Schmising family – a golden fleur-de-lis on red

A noble seat on two islands

On the edge of the Tatenhausen Forest, in the lowland of the Laibach stream, lies a noble seat whose history reaches back to the 14th century.

In 1540 Heinrich von Korff genannt Schmising began a new building in the Weser Renaissance style. Baroque alterations, an orangery of 1751 and a 19th-century spa followed. For almost 470 years Tatenhausen stayed with the Korff-Schmising family – and it is still a lived-in house today, not a museum.

Private residence. The castle is not open to the public. Please respect the family’s privacy.

Five centuries in six dates

  1. 1491The knight Bernd von Hoberg is recorded as the owner.
  2. 1524The heiress Else von Hoberg marries Heinrich von Korff genannt Schmising.
  3. 1540Work begins on the new building in the Weser Renaissance style.
  4. 1751The orangery is built, attributed to Johann Conrad Schlaun.
  5. 1826The spa records 1,020 guests and 6,554 baths.
  6. 1995Tatenhausen passes by inheritance to the Teuffel von Birkensee family.

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