Schloss Eggermühlen

Schloss Eggermühlen is a moated castle in the Osnabrück region of northern Germany. It stands on land once granted to the Boeselager family in the 13th century, though the present buildings date mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries. The estate includes a two-storey main block with a central tower capped by a baroque roof, an orangery designed by Johann Conrad Schlaun, and a neogothic chapel. The castle’s layered history is visible in its architecture. A medieval knight’s seat was enlarged into a free baronial residence in 1583, then transformed into a baroque palace between 1714 and 1714. The Boeselager family bought the estate outright in the 17th century and commissioned Schlaun to build the orangery. Later, in 1869, a chapel in neogothic style was added to the complex. Visitors walk past the brick orangery and enter the main courtyard. The two-storey wings frame the square tower with its baroque dome, while the chapel’s pointed windows rise behind. Inside the chapel is a 1755 rococo altar, and the old knight’s house still shows its original arrow slits. The surrounding farmland and forest complete the scene.