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Slangenburg Castle – Meandering Path loop from Kasteel Slangenburg

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Netherlands

Gelderland

Doetinchem

Slangenburg Castle – Meandering Path loop from Kasteel Slangenburg

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(65)

286

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Slangenburg Castle – Meandering Path loop from Kasteel Slangenburg

01:26

5.69km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 29, 2026

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230 m

Reflection Bench with Memorial Plaque

Highlight • Monument

RESPECT ; we’ll meet again some day

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1.32 km

Passmann Family Cemetery – Slangenburg Estate

Highlight • Historical Site

Slangenburg changed hands many times, usually through inheritance, but twice through sale. The last sale took place in 1895 when the German timber merchant and major industrialist Arnold Passmann from Duisburg-Ruhrort took over the castle and adjacent estate - initially solely because of the large amount of wood that could be cut there. At an auction, Herr Kommerzienrat Arnold Passmann, a German manufacturer and timber merchant, becomes the new owner. He turns the castle into a 'Familienheim' and the castle is used for holidays, family and hunting parties.

Nevertheless, the house was only occupied for three months a year, due to the so-called window tax.

When his favorite daughter Gertrud died in 1901, only twenty years old, he had a family cemetery built. Gertrud Passmann is buried there next to her father and seven other family members.

After the death of his father, the eldest son, Hermann Passmann, continued to manage the Slangenburg. He was very popular with the tenants and during the war years he tried to do everything he could to get the estate, and the people working there, through the war unscathed. He went so far as to send money via Sweden.

It must have hurt Passmann a lot when the Slangenburg was taken from him after the war as "enemy property" and confiscated.

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1.60 km

Deer meadow

Highlight • Natural

There are quite a few deer walking around.

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1.85 km

Old-fashioned cart

Highlight • Structure

Beautiful old-fashioned cart, completely in style with the estate

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1.91 km

Slangenburg Castle

Highlight • Castle

Good news, May 2024 update: starting with Pentecost weekend, the cafés and restaurants at the coach house will be open again on weekends. The castle can also be visited on weekends – tickets and more information are available at kasteelslangenburg.nl.
You can also still visit 't Onland (hetonland.nl/). Taverne Edelweiss closed on October 1, 2025. I don't know if new owners will be taking over, and if so, when.

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