Egelborg House

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Aerial photo (2014)
Egelborg House, southwest view

The Egelborg house is a listed moated castle in Beikelort 95 in Legden , a municipality in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Borken .

History and architecture

The facility is located about one kilometer west of the center of Legden. It was first mentioned in a document in 1389.

Originally, the facility was on two islands. Today, the bailey and the main house, two moats surrounded, on a shared property. The facility was owned by the von Billerbeck family from the 14th to 17th centuries. Then it went to the Barons von Oer , who still own it today.

The oldest building still in existence is the north wing. It was built in 1559 with an octagonal stair tower in the style of the Dutch Renaissance . An old west wing was demolished in 1710 and replaced by the baroque building that still exists today . The central axis is emphasized by a risalit and a roof turret. A curved, double flight of stairs leads to the portal . The original symmetry was lost when it was later expanded to include two window axes. The half-timbered building that still exists today was built in 1767. This wagon shed may have been built from demolition material from a brickworks , at that time the reuse of building materials was common. The brick gate pillars , each decorated with coats of arms, are from the Baroque period. The lions show the coats of arms of the von der Recke and von Oer families . The living and stable building to the south of the moat was built in 1832. The entire outer bailey was renewed in the neo-Gothic style in 1866 . A partly two-story barn extension was added in 1901. The mill to the north of the palace complex was renewed in 1907 and still regulates the water level of the graves today.

House Egelborg near Legden, mill house, from the northeast, with pond

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Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 10.6 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 51 ″  E