Twickel Castle

Twickel is a protected historic country estate with 81 complex parts near Delden in the hamlet of Deldeneresch [nl], in the municipality of Hof van Twente in the province of Overijssel in The Netherlands.

[1] The oldest mention of Twickel is in 1347, when Herman van Twickelo buys the Eysinck house near Delden.

The right of residence came to her great-nephew Christian Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, who lived in the castle from 1982 until his death on January 21, 2010.

Then the right of residence passed to his son Roderik Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, who has lived in it from that time on.

Because of those functions, Twickel was also regularly the stage for political negotiations and official receptions.

The entrance has a facing brick dated 1551 and is built in the early Renaissance style.

The south tower had a constricted eight-sided spire until the early eighteenth century, which was replaced in 1727 by a flat roof with a balustrade.

In 1692 a gallery was built parallel to the entrance wing with an imperial staircase designed by Jacobus Roman.

It was a garden to the south of the castle with parterres in a geometric layout around a pyramid of trellis; further there were two leafy tunnels.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, a Baroque garden and ponds were created behind the castle in the ashes of the house.

The English lavender variety lavandula augustifolia Twickel, popular in modern aromatherapy, is said to have come from the gardens here.

[2] At the end of the eighteenth century, the entire baroque layout was turned into a landscaped garden.

At the end of the nineteenth century, Hugo Poortman designed the formal garden around the orangery.

Various farms fall under Twickel, which can be recognized by the white shutters with black edges.

The route follows existing dirt roads, but also specially constructed single tracks, about ten kilometers in total.