Gimborn Castle

The Gimborn Castle is a castle in the district of the municipality Gimborn Marie Heath in Oberbergisch district in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany. The moated castle is located in a secluded valley of the upper Leppe to 278 meters above sea level. Since 1874, the plant owned by the Barons von Furstenberg to Gimborn.

Since 1969, the castle serves as a conference and meeting of the International Police Association. Once a year it opens its doors, to protect the hard Gimborner St. Sebastian shooters Brotherhood.

History

Gimborn was built in 1273 pledged by the Count of Berg to the Count of the Mark, and was from 1631 the residence of the county Gimborn -Neustadt of the House of Schwarzenberg. In the meantime, were Count of Wallmoden - Gimborn, Count of Meerveldt and Caius Count of Stolberg Stolberg, landlord of the Gimborn.

Since 1874, the plant owned by the Barons von Furstenberg to Gimborn.

Since 1969, the castle serves as a conference and meeting of the International Police Association. Once a year, the castle opens its doors, to protect the hard Gimborner St. Sebastian shooters Brotherhood.

Architecture and Facilities

The moat was in contrast to all previous allegations of various literature, even those recently, at any time from the strong source under the " thick " Southwest Tower fed. The former moat was a diversion of the east flowing past Gimbachs. From the former castle exist only remnants of the main tower in the northeast corner of the building of today's main house and the Umwehrungsmauer, are placed on the manifest the house next door and across to the castle located elongated northern service wing (1741 ). The source under the castle tower was always guided directly in the castle pond.

In later phases, after the introduction of firearms, the defenses that had lost their military importance, were in favor of representative elements back or rebuilt. The present castle was at no time a moated castle; the ditch on the north west side of the palace complex served only the dryness of the located below street level floor.

The still visible today, chain rollers, a former drawbridge are so far not a relic of a moat spanning bridge, but that of his time new lock access with the construction of the new main building with construction around 1600. The plant is therefore rightly regarded as a normal lock.