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Borbeck Castle
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Rinaldini
August 30, 2020
Cycling
The Borbeck castle goes back to a Franconian upper courtyard of the women's monastery in Essen called Bort (h) beki, which was first mentioned in 869 in a lifting roll of the monastery. It was also mentioned in a document in 1227 through a dispute between the then owner, Knight Hermann von Borbecke, and the abbess Adelheid von Wildenberg, who, with the support of the Imperial Bailiff, Adolf von Gymnich, was finally able to prevail in this dispute.
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Julia
November 13, 2017
Hiking
The castle Borbeck is a baroque moated castle in Essen Borbeck. Since the 14th century, it was the preferred residence of the Essen prince abbesses and received its present appearance …
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Daniel
September 5, 2020
Hiking
The castle park is always worth a visit. Small lakes, forests, meadows.
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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany