Gelsenkirchen - Schloss Berge 02
The castle Berge, also house Berge called, stands on the south side of Gelsenkirchen in the part of town Buer in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built as a water castle for the protection of the today's Gelsenkirchener of part of town Erle and was till 1433 headquarters of the family Von Berge. From 1521 house Berge was a property of the family of Boenen whose member Ludolf Friedrich Adolf von Boenen climbed up in the imperial count's state. His daughter Maria Anna Wilhelmine, a lover Beethoven, was born on Berge.
Changed in the first half of the 16th century to a castle converted and in the last quarter of the 18th century once more, the mansion of the arrangement presents itself in the style of the late baroque in the threshold to the classicism. Today it is used as a hotel restaurant.
Gelsenkirchen - Schloss Berge 02
The castle Berge, also house Berge called, stands on the south side of Gelsenkirchen in the part of town Buer in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built as a water castle for the protection of the today's Gelsenkirchener of part of town Erle and was till 1433 headquarters of the family Von Berge. From 1521 house Berge was a property of the family of Boenen whose member Ludolf Friedrich Adolf von Boenen climbed up in the imperial count's state. His daughter Maria Anna Wilhelmine, a lover Beethoven, was born on Berge.
Changed in the first half of the 16th century to a castle converted and in the last quarter of the 18th century once more, the mansion of the arrangement presents itself in the style of the late baroque in the threshold to the classicism. Today it is used as a hotel restaurant.