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Schloss Borbeck

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Schloss Borbeck

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Schloss Borbeck – Borbeck Palace Park loop from Bedingrade

5.36km

01:25

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50m

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2. Borbeck Castle – Borbeck Palace Park loop from Bedingrade

6.68km

01:47

70m

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3. Schloss Borbeck – NSG Kamptal Nature Reserve loop from Bedingrade

8.64km

02:17

80m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Julia

November 13, 2017

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 in the 18th century. Since the 1980s, it has been used as a venue for continuing education and cultural events.
The castle complex in Borbeck consists of a main building and an elongated farm building, which lies northeast of the main building. The two castle buildings are surrounded by a 42-hectare castle park in English landscape style.
The three-storey main building is surrounded by a six- to nine-meter-wide moat, which ends to the north in a castle pond. It owes its present, sober appearance rebuilding and extension work in the first half of the 18th century. The northern part of the brightly plastered rectangular building with its two square corner towers and curly gable dates back to the Renaissance, but was later changed into Baroque forms. The quarry stone masonry of his core building rises on a 16 × 18 meter-measuring floor plan and was built in the middle of the 17th century. It is adjoined to the south by a five-axis expansion, which was probably begun in 1744. The pitched roof of the building has a series of dormers on both sloping ceilings. At the southern end of his ridge there is a ridge turret with a small bell. At both corners of the north façade rise four-storey corner towers, which are closed by a curly hood with an octagonal lantern. Both the towers and the building are accentuated by corner troughs, which are now hidden under the plaster. A 13 meter long stone bridge leads to the main portal. Dating back to the 19th century, it replaced a wooden bridge whose two-sided cobblestones were reused.

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Green-Walker🌳🎒

May 25, 2021

Beautiful moated castle in the middle of Essen Borbeck is definitely worth a visit

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

May 17, 2020

"... A dancing shoe, tarot cards, a chess set, Frankenthal porcelain, coins... - these are some of the highlights of the permanent historical exhibition "Borbeck Castle and the Prince Abbesses".
On around 200 square meters, the exhibition in Borbeck Castle offers visitors an insight into the history of the castle and beyond that part of the history of the monastery and city of Essen in which women directed the fortunes of the Principality of Essen - and at times also from Borbeck.
Today, Borbeck Castle is the only surviving residence of the Essen Prince Abbesses. The castle, with its eventful history spanning more than a thousand years, is therefore of unique importance for the history of the city of Essen..."
schloss-borbeck.essen.de/histori.htm

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1. Schloss Borbeck – Borbeck Palace Park loop from Bedingrade

2. Borbeck Castle – Borbeck Palace Park loop from Bedingrade

3. Schloss Borbeck – NSG Kamptal Nature Reserve loop from Bedingrade

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