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Dilborn Castle

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Dilborn Castle

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Naturpark Schwalm-Nette

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Location: Niederkrüchten, Viersen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. The Schwalm at Borner Mühle – Brüggener Mühle loop from Brempt

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2. Schwalm Bridge – Oebeler Bruch loop from Overhetfeld

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3. Oebeler Bruch – Schwalm Bridge loop from Brüggen

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Mike 🇪🇺

March 5, 2018

Dilborn Castle is a former moated castle on the banks of the Schwalm and belongs to the municipality of Brüggen on the left bank of the Lower Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Immediately after the Second World War, the Dernbach sisters took over the paradisiacal Torso and bought the castle and grounds from the Counts of Westerholt in 1949. In several stages and with infinite commitment, they converted the castle into a children's home, with the city of Mönchengladbach providing a wide range of assistance. In doing so, the sum of the sins from the past was so persistently encountered that the south tower and the south central wing had to be demolished down to the foundations and replaced by a new building that was "true to the picture". The economy also received a new purpose. In the early decades of the twentieth century, Dilborn was a "classic" orphanage and was cited in connection with the abuse of children within the framework of Black pedagogy[1]. In the meantime, "Schloss Dilborn - Die Jugendhilfe" is continuing the work that began more than half a century ago in a new legal form and with an updated social orientation in the moated castle on the Schwalm and in a high forest.
At the end of 2007, Dilborn Castle was sold to the Swiss architect Auguste Triet, who lives in Düsseldorf. Triet, managing director of the company TBP Generalplaner, uses a part of the castle e.g. private, the youth welfare section has also been renovated.
The premises on the ground floor have been used by the Kulturforum Schloss Dilborn under the direction of Hermann Schröder since 2003. The cabaret stage for cabaret, music and theater has almost 200 seats.
Since September 2006, the Niederrhein Theater has been performing regularly in the palace's cultural hall. Plays for children and adults are staged there every year, have their premiere in the castle and go on tour from here.
Source: Wikipedia

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S. M.

October 31, 2020

Dilborn Castle is idyllically located between Brüggen and Overhetfeld and can be reached by car via Dilborner Straße or car-free via the path along the Schwalm.

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luktob07

May 20, 2019

Especially for families with children worth the trip, because here one of the most beautiful playgrounds in the area to play invites.

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Location: Niederkrüchten, Viersen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. The Schwalm at Borner Mühle – Brüggener Mühle loop from Brempt

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