Berge Castle (Hünxe)
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| Creation time : | mentioned in the 13th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, tower hill | |
| Place: | Hünxe | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 38 '5 " N , 6 ° 46' 55.4" E | |
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The mounds is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (Motte) near the Wesel-Datteln Canal southwest of the Focke mountain and north of the court Berger Schulte on a lip Terrace in Hünxe in Wesel in North Rhine-Westphalia .
In the 13th to 14th centuries, the von Berge family is named as the owner of the castle .
The castle site , a double complex with main and outer bailey , still shows the approximately 7 meter high tower hill of the main castle with a diameter of approximately 40 meters surrounded by a moat that is partly filled with earth from the castle hill but has not dried up . The castle hill of the outer bailey is about 3 meters high on a castle area of about 30 by 45 meters.
literature
- Franz Petri , Georg Droege , Friedrich von Klocke , Johannes Bauermann (eds.), Klaus Flink: Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 3: North Rhine-Westphalia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 273). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1970, DNB 456882855 .
- Ministry for Building and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe (Hrsg.): Burgen AufRuhr. On the way to 100 castles, palaces and mansions in the Ruhr region. Essen 2010, pp. 382–384.
Web links
- Entry on Castle Berge in the private database "Alle Burgen".