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Gimborn Castle

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Height
  
278 m

Condition
  
Fully preserved

In use
  
Yes

Year built
  
1273

Open to the public
  
No

Built by
  
Duke of Berg

Phone
  
+49 2264 404330

Gimborn Castle

Owner
  
Baron von Fürstenberg zu Gimborn

Address
  
Schlossstraße 10, 51709 Marienheide, Germany

Controlled by
  
International Police Association

Similar
  
Burg Neuenberg, Burgruine Eibach, Heiligenhoven Castle, Ehreshoven Castle, Hückeswagen Castle

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Gimborn Castle (German: Schloss Gimborn) is a former moated castle situated in a remote valley of the upper Leppe in the municipality of Marienheide in the Oberbergischer Kreis of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

Gimborn Castle is a castle in the Gimborn district of the municipality of Marienheide in Oberbergischer Kreis in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Districts neighbouring on Gimborn are Boinghausen in the north, Jedinghausen in the east, Erlinghagen in the south, and Unterlichtinghagen in the west.

This former water castle lies in the upper Leppe valley. It was pledged in 1273 from the county of Berg to the county of Mark, and became the Residenz in the county of Gimborn Neustadt of the House of Schwarzenberg in 1631. Since 1874 the castle has belonged to the Barons von Fürstenberg zu Gimborn.

Since 1969 the Castle has served as a conference site and meeting place for the International Police Association. Once a year, the Castle opens its gates to the Schützenfest of the Gimborn Saint Sebastianus Schützenverein.

References

Gimborn Castle Wikipedia