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Burg Bourheim, Jülich

Burg Bourheim

Bourheim Castle

Jülich

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Jülich

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Burg Bourheim stands in Jülich (Kreis Düren), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Bourheim is a former moated manor house in the Bourheim district of Jülich. What survives today is mainly the brick outer bailey, while the original main house remains only as a buried ruin with a barrel-vaulted substructure. A Renaissance gateway from around 1600 bears a family coat of arms alongside an engraved date, and the moat that once surrounded the main house is still visible.

What to know

  • The site is privately owned, inhabited, and not open to visitors.
  • Only the exterior, particularly the outer bailey and the moat, can be seen from public ground.
  • The building is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • There are no opening hours or admission fees since there is no public access inside.

Where this château is

Jülich · Kreis Düren · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

Jülich, Kreis Düren

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Heritage status
Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Frequently asked

Can you visit Burg Bourheim?
No, the castle is inhabited and remains private property closed to the public.
What remains visible of the old castle?
The brick outer bailey still stands, along with the moat that once surrounded the vanished main house.
How old is Burg Bourheim?
The site is first mentioned in 1234, though the surviving outer bailey buildings mainly date from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Where is Burg Bourheim located?
It lies in Jülich, in the Kreis Düren, in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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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 Düren