Lüdinghausen

Lüdinghausen is a small town in Münsterland. Its byname is "town of three castles" as the location of Castle Luedinghausen, Kakesbeck and Vischering Castle.



By plane
The closest airport is Dortmund Airport (DTM), 45 km away. It takes 40 minutes by car, and 1½ hours by bus and train (AirportExpress to Dortmund main station, then RB to Lüdinghausen).

By train
The Lüdinghausen station is on the regional train line Dortmund–Coesfeld–Enschede (Netherlands), which is served every hour. The journey from Dortmund Hbf takes 37 minutes, from Coesfeld 23 minutes, from Gronau 1 hr 5 min, from Enschede 1 hr 25 min. The change from long-distance traffic usually takes place in Dortmund. In Dülmen you can change from the Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Düsseldorf line. It takes 50 minutes from Münster, 1 hour from Gelsenkirchen and 1 hr 10 min from Essen.

By bus
The RVM (Regionalverkehr Münsterland GmbH) buses provide local transport. Lüdinghausen can be reached with regional bus lines from Münster (line S92, hourly, travel time approx. 55 minutes), Senden (S92, 15-25 minutes), Lünen and Selm (line R19, hourly, 50 or 20 minutes).

By car
The next motorway junctions are Ascheberg on the A 1 (Bremen – Dortmund) and Dülmen-Nord or Senden on the A 43 (Münster – Recklinghausen).

By bike
Several cycling paths pass through Lüdinghausen, including EuroVelo 3 (from Trondheim to Santiago de Compostela), the far-distance cycle route from the Ruhr to the North Sea shore, and a beautiful cycling trip from Münster. Moreover, Lüdinghausen is a stage of the 210-km-long southern course of the "route of hundred castles".

See
Lüdinghausen's main attraction are the castles:

Other sights include:

Go next

 * Dülmen, 15 km to the northwest (9 minutes by hourly local train)
 * Münster, 28 km to the north
 * Dortmund, 35 km to the south (37 minutes by hourly local train)