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Burg Berge, Hünxe

Burg Berge

Berge Castle

Hünxe

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Hünxe

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Open within 20 km

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Burg Berge stands in Hünxe (Kreis Wesel), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Berge is a former motte and bailey castle, now reduced to earthen mounds, located in Hünxe in the Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia. The site consists of two separate mounds, one for the main castle and one for the outer bailey, divided by a moat that is still partly filled with water. The vom Berge family owned it from the 13th to the 14th century. There is no standing building to visit here, only an open-air archaeological site near the Wesel-Datteln Canal.

What to know

  • No building remains standing here: only two earthen mounds and a partly water-filled moat mark the former motte's location.
  • The main mound rises about 7 metres high with a diameter of roughly 40 metres, while the bailey mound is around 3 metres high covering about 30 by 45 metres.
  • The site lies near the Wesel-Datteln Canal, southwest of the Fockenberg hill.
  • There are no opening hours or fees since this is an open, freely accessible outdoor site.

Where this château is

Hünxe · Kreis Wesel · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

Hünxe, Kreis Wesel

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Heritage status
Protection status unknown

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Frequently asked

Can you visit an actual castle building at Burg Berge?
No, no building remains today: only earthen mounds and a moat mark the former motte and bailey site.
Who owned Burg Berge?
The vom Berge family is recorded as the owner of the site from the 13th to the 14th century.
Where is Burg Berge located?
In Hünxe, in the Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, near the Wesel-Datteln Canal.
Is there an entrance fee?
No fee applies since the site is an open, freely accessible archaeological area.

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.

Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Kreis Wesel