Alme Castle

The three-winged complex consisting of the manor house (building) and economic buildings was built around an inner courtyard open to the north. The rubble stone masonry with ashlar detailing was plastered. On three sides, the complex is surrounded by a moat. The manor house, a broad, two-story building, stands on a high plinth. It is covered with a hip roof. The left, western part at the head, without the high, projecting plinth, still belongs to a predecessor building. The front facing the park, with a three-axis projecting risalit, is structured by pilasters. The rich portal with cartouches on the pediment bears the coat of arms of Meschede-Bruch and the year 1744. The windows are richly framed and pedimented. The house is accessible via a two-flight outdoor staircase on the courtyard side. The staircase with the Bochholtz-Schade coat of arms was probably built in 1830. Through the portal, one enters a spacious staircase and then the garden hall with a stucco ceiling. Other rooms, especially those in the western part, are also equipped with stucco ceilings. The side wings with half-hip roofs are single-story. The passage with the gabled portal on the street side shows the coat of arms of Meschede-Bruch and the year 1756. On the courtyard side, two older coat of arms stones are found in the two spandrels. The left one with the inscription Meschede 1601, the right one shows a crowned lion and the inscription BEVREN (Philipp von M, Electoral Cologne Council, Droste zu Brilon, September 9, 1582 Anna von Büren. The east wall of the west wing is structured by a richly executed door with a transom. In the west wall of the east wing, two coat of arms stones of Meschede-Bruch are affixed, one bears the year 1750, the other is not marked. In the castle park, on a projection above the moat, stands a sandstone figure of John of Nepomuk. It is 1.70 meters high. The coat of arms in the plinth is marked Anno 1759.