water castle

A water castle, sometimes water-castle, is a castle which incorporates a natural or artificial body of water into its defences. It can be entirely surrounded by water-filled moats or natural waterbodies such as island castles in a river or offshore. The term comes from European castle studies, mainly German Burgenkunde. Some interpretations of the category emphasise that the use of water extends beyond a defensive purpose. When stately homes were built in such a location, or a Wasserburg was later rebuilt as a residential manor, the German term becomes Wasserschloss, lit. "water palace/manor".

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  Beersel Castle ⓘ
  castle in Beersel, Belgium  

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  Sakamoto Castle ⓘ
  Japanese castle

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  Nagahama Castle ⓘ
  castle

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  Ōtsu Castle ⓘ
  castle located in Otsu, Shiga County, Omi Province

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  Zeze Castle ⓘ
  Japanese castle in Otsu, Shiga prefecture

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BASA-1271K-1-169-16A-Saratoga, California, 1906

Allegorie der Tulipomanie (Wasserschloss)

Chateau d eau Loretteville garde civile

19870924050NR Gnemern (Jürgenshagen) Wasserschloß

CHATTN

20020118200AR Zschorna (Thiendorf) Rittergut Wasserschloß

Krefeld, Burg Linn, 2011-04 CN-08

Μπούρτζι 8415

Gravensteen, Ghent (DSCF0191)

Lattice on Horsteberg (originally from the Marienburg in Coesfeld) in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2021)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle	1300	Beersel Castle	water castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1571	Sakamoto Castle	water castle, Japanese castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1575	Nagahama Castle	Japanese castle, water castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1586	Ōtsu Castle	water castle, Japanese castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1601	Zeze Castle	water castle, Japanese castle	Wikidata
commons	image		BASA-1271K-1-169-16A-Saratoga, California, 1906		Commons
commons	image		Allegorie der Tulipomanie (Wasserschloss)		Commons
commons	image		Chateau d eau Loretteville garde civile		Commons
commons	image		19870924050NR Gnemern (Jürgenshagen) Wasserschloß		Commons
commons	image		CHATTN		Commons
commons	image		20020118200AR Zschorna (Thiendorf) Rittergut Wasserschloß		Commons
commons	image		Krefeld, Burg Linn, 2011-04 CN-08		Commons
commons	image		Μπούρτζι 8415		Commons
commons	image		Gravensteen, Ghent (DSCF0191)		Commons
commons	image		Lattice on Horsteberg (originally from the Marienburg in Coesfeld) in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2021)		Commons