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Haus Achternberg, Essen

Haus Achternberg

Essen

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Essen

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Haus Achternberg stands in Essen (Essen), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

Haus Achternberg, in the Kray district of Essen, survives today only as a fragment: the sole standing structure is the former gatehouse of the courtyard, topped by a shallow pyramidal roof. First mentioned in the twelfth century, the manor changed hands several times, passing from the lords von Heege to the knights von Asbeck zu Goor and later to the Wendt von Hardenberg family. A fire destroyed most of the buildings in 1905, leaving only this gatehouse, built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries from Ruhr sandstone in a Renaissance style. Traces of the former moats, now filled in, can still be made out in the surrounding ground.

What to know

  • Only the gatehouse, the Torhaus, still stands today, restored in 2001.
  • The site lies in the Kray district of Essen, in North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • This is an outdoor remnant only, with no habitable castle interior to visit.
  • The building is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • Traces of the former moats can still be partly seen in the surrounding landscape.

Where this château is

Essen · Essen · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

Achternbergstraße, 45884 Essen

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Heritage status
Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Frequently asked

Can you visit the inside of Haus Achternberg?
No, only the former gatehouse remains standing outdoors, there is no castle interior to visit.
Why did the manor disappear?
A fire in 1905 destroyed almost all the buildings except for the gatehouse.
How old is the surviving gatehouse?
The Torhaus was built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries from Ruhr sandstone in a Renaissance style.
Where is Haus Achternberg located?
It is located in the Kray district of Essen, in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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