List of ground monuments in Borken

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The list of ground monuments in Borken contains the listed underground structures , remains of above-ground structures, evidence of animal and plant life and paleontological remains in the area of ​​the city of Borken in the Borken district in North Rhine-Westphalia (as of August 20, 2020). These ground monuments are entered in part B of the monuments list of the city of Borken; The basis for the admission is the Monument Protection Act North Rhine-Westphalia (DSchG NRW).

image designation location description construction time Registered
since 		Monument
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Burial mound West bark
 Diameter: 17.6 m, height 1.10 m Condition: In good condition, with traces of an earlier intervention in the middle of the hill. Due to its size, the late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age can be assumed as the time of origin of the hill. B 1


Burial mound West bark
 Diameter: 24.7 m, height: 1.20 m Due to its size, the late Neolithic / early Bronze Age can be assumed to be the time when the burial mound was built. B 2


Lower castle "Pausborg" Gemen Parish
 Historical information is not known. In terms of shape and location, this castle was built in the High and Late Middle Ages. Condition: Most of the original castle grounds were leveled in the 1930s, but the remnants of the ramparts and grave sections in the central area of ​​the defense system show both the castle island and the outer bailey reasonably well. The largely preserved castle island, the area of ​​the actual castle building, is still partially surrounded by water-bearing graves. The ditch surrounding the outer bailey has been filled in, but it is clearly visible as a deeper strip in the terrain. B 3


Burial mound Bark
 Diameter: 22.7 m, height 1.60 m. Condition: Well-preserved burial mound with slight traces of an older intervention in the middle of the hill. Due to its size, the late Neolithic / early Bronze Age can be assumed as the time of origin of the burial mound. B 4


Beckenberg hill Bark
 Large artificially raised hill about 30 m in diameter and 4–5 m high, with a cross and very old oak on the top. First historical mention of the hill in 1521 as "Berg Kalvarien" in connection with the Borkener Leprosenhaus. As a Calvary, but certainly much older. Today's cross, which has been restored several times, was erected by the Johannites in 1665. The Beckenberg, which served as a protective system by installing a tunnel during World War II, was restored to its present state after 1955. B 5


Castle "Haus Engelrading" Marbeck
 The northern part of the ruined hill fort consists of a main wall that appears today in the shape of a horseshoe (height 3-5 m, base width 8-10 m), which is encircled in a semicircle in the southeast by a few smaller walls. Some sections of the trench are flat. An exact dating of the castle complex is not yet possible; In 1316 knight Goswin von Engelrading (apparently as the owner of the castle) is mentioned in a document; around 1333 the castle was taken over by the Lords of Heiden. The buildings in the interior of the Wallburg today date from the 18th century. B 6


Wall with ditch Marbeck
 Semicircular wall, total length 180 m, height up to 1.70 m, width 12 m.

The ditch to the south has a width of max. 7.0 m. Condition: well-preserved wall with two (older) interruptions; on the crest of the wall a recent fault (excavation). Historical information is not known. In the immediate vicinity there are some small ramparts and (drainage) ditches of different ages.

B 7


Castle "Haus Döring" Marbeck
 It is a high medieval tower hill castle. The complex consists of a castle island with a tower hill (height: approx. 6.0 m) and a front bailey to the north; the castle island is surrounded by a partially silted moat (width: 20-25 m). A second, outer ring of graves (width 8-10 m) has been destroyed in its eastern area, but otherwise (albeit partly silted up and overgrown) still clearly visible. The tower hill "Haus Döring" is one of the best-known and best-preserved facilities of this type in Westphalia. The Döring house, built in the 18th century on the remains of a previous building, stands on the tower hill today. The Döring family was first mentioned in a document in 1292 with the knight “Adulfus der Doringchove”. B 8


Landwehr Bark
 Borkener Stadtlandwehr of the 14th century. Preserved total length approx. 250 m, of which in the north-western part approx. 100 m with 4 parallel walls with a total width of 20 m, in the south-eastern part approx. 250 m long with a simple wall with a width of 6 m created. The preserved height of the ramparts is between 0.20 m and 0.80 m.

Condition: The Landwehr walls and trenches are heavily flattened, but still clearly visible. This section is the last connected remnant of the Borkener Stadtlandwehr built around 1357.

B 9


Ridge "The Mountains" Bark
 The ridge "Die Berge" rises abruptly from the surrounding plains approx. 40 m and is visible for many km. In a west-east direction it extends over 8 km, with an average width of 1 km. The ridge culminates from west to east in the three elevations Fliegerberg 84 m above sea level, Geinsberg 93 m above sea level and Tannenbülten 104 m above sea level. Later changes in the Ice Age and in some cases after the Ice Age gave rise to the ridge. The cult site with its numerous grave fields, which has been used for thousands of years, was given by the mountain ridge protruding from the flatlands. B 10


Burial mound Grütwage
 Burial mound / diameter 11 m, height 1.10 m Condition: The southern part of the hill is well preserved, the northern part is badly deformed due to private use. The burial mound is still the visible remnant of an extensive burial field, which was occupied from the late Neolithic to the older Iron Age. An excavation took place in 1937 by the State Museum for Pre- and Early History (Hucke / Winkelmann). Under the burial mound dating back to the Bronze Age, the main burial of which was destroyed by earlier sand extraction, there was originally a late Neolithic mound with body graves. The Bronze Age burial mound was restored after the excavation was completed and, according to the excavation findings, surrounded with a palisade ring (no longer preserved today). B 11


medieval / modern leper house with chapel and cemetery Bark
 Findings preserved underground in the form of remains of foundations, floors, soil discoloration and graves as well as additional finds indicate the existence of the leper house with chapel and cemetery. The Leprosenhaus was first mentioned in 1488 as "Ziekenhuys". It was renovated in 1568 as well as in 1655 (or new construction). The lease took place in 1805. The last stage of construction is recorded on the map from 1820. In 1991 remains of the foundation were found during excavations. The chapel was first mentioned in 1490 (building account); it was repaired in 1606 and sold for demolition in 1805. B 12


Grave field "On Rabbit Mountain" Hoxfeld
 Grave field of the younger Bronze Age / older Iron Age Urn cemetery, evidenced by excavations and construction observations; urn burials preserved underground, some with grave enclosures. The preserved parts of the burial ground are significant for the history of the people in Borken-Hoxfeld because it shows that the area was settled early. B 13


Prehistoric settlement site Borken / Grütlohn
corner area Weseler Strasse / L 896 / Weseler Landstrasse 		The first finds from the area were known in 1945. At that time, post pits, charcoal, ceramics and burnt stones were observed approx. 50 m west of surveying point 53.2 (recognizable on the attached map section). Other finds date from 1967. During the construction of Weseler Strasse in the direct western connection of the requested area (south of the planned Nina-Winkel-Strasse), the honorary representative of the Borken district, Mr. A. Heselhaus, documented several pits with ceramics from the pre-Roman era Iron Age, which indicate a settlement. In addition, pits and the remainder of a stone foundation from the early to high Middle Ages were discovered. Extensive excavations took place from 1998 to 2000 in the eastern or northern connection to the area applied for. B 14


Church square St. Ludgerus Weseke Weseke
 The ground monument includes the entire church square with the churchyard and the plaza and path areas (but not the church ring development). The archaeological find that has been preserved in the area gives information about the beginning and the early development of church life, the building history of the Weseker church, forms of burial and population of the place and possibly also about the earlier secular local rule. B 15


former clay pit in Pröbstingbusch Hoxfeld
 The permanent ground monument is a sequence of rocks with fossil content, which contain the background and the subsoil of the walls and soles. In the walls and the bottom of the former clay pit, sequence of layers (clay stones) from the Tertiary period (approx. 31 million years ago) with scientifically significant fossil record. The remains of fish and microfossils mainly appear in the layers. They were deposited when the Borken area was covered by the water of the original North Sea. The present fossil composition exists in this way only at this point. B 16


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