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Gatehouse of Villa Hügel

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Gatehouse of Villa Hügel

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Gatehouse of Villa Hügel

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

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1. Krupp Forest – View of Lake Baldeney loop from Essen-Werden

16.4km

04:41

340m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Heissiwald Wildlife Park – Forest Path Near Lake Baldeney loop from Stadtwald

13.3km

03:46

270m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. View of Villa Hügel – Lake Baldeney loop from Essen-Hügel

23.3km

06:11

230m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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Miodrag Knežević

October 21, 2021

The Krupp family had the four entrances to the park and Villa Hügel guarded around the clock. Every visitor had to show a pass at the gatehouse - a measure that was due to the family's need for undisturbed privacy. Because within a few years, the admission control to the "paradise hill" had become a problem - not only because of the constantly growing number of employees on the hill, which had grown to 650 by 1914. More and more Essen citizens were also driven out of the stuffy city districts to take a walk on the green hills in the fresh air.

For this reason, in 1896 Friedrich Alfred Krupp issued a “Circular” that regulated exactly who was allowed to enter which part of the facility and when. Thus, in addition to the employees, their family members were also allowed to go for a walk in the hill forest. Later, retired foremen from the cast steel factory and Essen city councilors also received the coveted forest cards (source: derwesten.de/staedte/essen/das-pfoertnerhaeuschen-der-villa-huegel-id6931501.html).

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P.T.

October 24, 2021

Upper entrance. Worth every penny. Really worth seeing.

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🌿 Seit1984 ⚒️

December 26, 2022

The climb continues on the other side through a barely visible revolving door next to the gate.

The main gate of the Villa Hügel site. Here the mighty ones of the past passed by.

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Elevation 140 m

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Tuesday 13 January

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

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1. Krupp Forest – View of Lake Baldeney loop from Essen-Werden

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