ヴァッセンベルクの洞窟・トップ20

Good starting point with plenty of parking

Medieval town with ramparts and keep

Wassenberg was first mentioned in a document in the “Klosterrather Annals” (Annales Rodenses). Klosterrath is today's Rolduc near Herzogenrath. In 1020, Emperor Henry II (1002 - 1024) gave the Flemish nobleman Gerhard von Antoing rich land holdings in Wassenberg in return for services rendered. After the expansion of the motte (original castle), his descendants called themselves “Count of Wassenberg”. Count Gerhard III of Wassenberg and Geldern is also considered the founder of the Wassenberg St. George's Abbey and the builder of the St. George's Provost Church. The founding document from September 30, 1118 is still preserved in an older copy. The abbey and church helped determine the fate of the town for centuries.

Burg Wegberg is a hotel with restaurant

Today the castle is a hotel with a restaurant.

City with keep

In the middle of the Tüschenbroich castle or mill pond is the Tüschenbroich motte (castle hill) - an archaeological monument with a great history. Similar mottes can be found in Aldeberg and on the Helpensteierbach near Arsbeck or Brempt Castle in Niederkrüchten-Brempt. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte_Tüschenbroich

The mill gets its water from the upper pond, which is fed by numerous springs and is not located on the Schwalm. The Schwalm, which flows through the lower pond, has its source 1.2 kilometers away in Genhof (a district of Erkelenz). The Schwalm has a total length of 45,132 meters up to its mouth in the Maas at Swalmen NL. The source is at 83 m above sea level, the mouth at 14 m above sea level. The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Schwalm Association, which has its headquarters in Brüggen.