Lage Castle

In 1183, the castle of Lage and a Hermann von Lage, who was a canon in Münster between 1173 and 1183, were first mentioned in a document. Between 1324 and 1326, the castle was destroyed during the Guelders Feud under Bishop Ludwig von Münster.

From 1329 to 1330, Utrecht Bishop Johann IV von Arkel rebuilt the castle for his ally Hermann von Lage, who in 1346 sold "dat huys toe Lage" to Bishop Johann IV von Arkel, but remained in possession of Lage as the purchase price was not fully paid. In 1380, Bishop Florenz von Wevelinghoven attacked Lage Castle, which was largely destroyed in the process. From 1439–1447, the castle was rebuilt again by Bishop Rudolf von Diepholz. Lage was an episcopal official residence, occupied by a Droste and temporarily issued as a mortgage loan.

In 1523, the castle was shelled by Guelders troops and surrendered. In 1592, a new castellated castle with a house chapel was built by the liege lord Dietrich von Ketteler, to whom the castle had been mortgaged in 1576 and given as a fief in 1590, after Lage, together with the Bishopric of Utrecht, had been ceded to Emperor Charles V and transferred by him in 1555 to his son Philip II of Spain. In 1626, the Renaissance castle was besieged by the Dutch in the Dutch-Spanish War and has not been rebuilt since.