Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Bocholt (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Bocholt textile museum, Aasee, and St. Georg. Also, be sure to include Wasserburg Anholt in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Bocholt (North Rhine-Westphalia).
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Bocholt textile museum
Also known as: Textilmuseum Bocholt
Museum in Bocholt, Germany. The Bocholt textile museum is a museum in Bocholt, a city in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the district Borken. It is situated 4 km south of the border with the Netherlands. The museum opened in 1989 as one of the eight locations of the LWL Industrial Museum: it is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.[1]
Address: Uhlandstr. 50, 46397 Bocholt
Aasee
Artificial lake in Germany. Aasee is an artificial lake in Bocholt, Kreis Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At an elevation of 23.8 meters, its surface area is 0.32 km2. It serves as a local recreation area which has a total area of around 0.74 km2. It also serves as flood protection for the surrounding area.[2]
St. Georg
The Roman Catholic Church of St. George is a Gothic hall church of the 15th century and the main church of the Westphalian town of Bocholt. Along with the Historic Town Hall, it is considered a landmark of the city. The oldest and most significant piece of equipment is the Bocholt Cross, a Gothic forked crucifix from the early 14th century, which is still the center of a regional pilgrimage.
Wasserburg Anholt
Anholt Castle-a castle located in the union country of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Isselburg. In the west of Germany, on the Dutch border. It is the residence of the Salm-Salm princely family.
Address: Klever Straße, Bocholt
Historical Town Hall
The Historic Town Hall of Bocholt is one of the most important historic buildings and the landmark of the city of Bocholt. Since the city administration moved to the "New City Hall" in 1977, it has mainly had a representative function. In addition to cultural events of all kinds, the mayor's New Year's reception is held annually in the council hall on the second floor. The building is also used for wedding ceremonies: Bocholt's registry office is located on the second floor. The basement and parts of the first floor are used by a catering business.
Address: 1 Markt, Bocholt
Schloss Diepenbrock
Diepenbrock Castle, also called Diepenbrock House, is a small moated castle near Barlo, a village belonging to Bocholt near the Dutch border in the district of Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia. The estate takes its name from the Westphalian expression for the impassable marshland by which it was once surrounded: "diepen brock" means something like "deep break."
Address: 1 Schlossallee, Bocholt
Municipal Theatre
Also known as: Stadttheater
Concerts and shows, Theater
Address: Berliner Platz 1, Bocholt
Christ Church
The Evangelical Church of Christ in Bocholt belongs to the first parish district of the Evangelical Parish of Bocholt. The parish belongs to the Evangelical Church of Westphalia and the church district of Steinfurt-Coesfeld-Borken.
Address: Münsterstraße 19, 46397 Bocholt
Langenbergpark
Langenbergpark is a municipal park in Bocholt in the western Münsterland region.
The park is located north of the city ring road on Adenauerallee opposite St.-Georg-Gymnasium and on Stenerner Weg opposite Weiterbildungskolleg Westmünsterland. It covers an area of approximately 2 hectares. Part of the area of the later Langenbergpark was ceded by the government of the Principality of Salm to the city and the Bauerschaften of the parish of Bocholt as a cemetery in return for a levy of eight talers. The area served as a cemetery for about a hundred years from January 1, 1807. During this time the cemetery was extended twice until a new municipal cemetery was opened on Blücherstraße in 1908. A small burial ground with memorial stones is preserved in the northeast corner. On the southern edge there is a playground and in the middle of the park there is the so-called Meckermann, a stone sculpture with an inscription. The park is known for its old tree population, besides large copper beeches exotic trees grow here, which a tree nature trail leads past.
The old cemetery was given the name Langenbergpark after its redesign in 1937. It is named after the city's benefactor, Regierungsrat Dr. Aloys Franz Bernhard van Langenberg. After the end of the Second World War, the park was called "Soviet Paradise" by the people of Bocholt, because the liberated Soviet prisoners preferred to stay there in the summer of 1945.
Church of the Holy Apostles
The Evangelical Church of the Apostles in Bocholt belongs to the second parish district of the Evangelical Church Parish of Bocholt. The parish comprises 7650 parishioners and is a parish in the western Münsterland region. The Evangelical Church Parish of Bocholt belongs to the Evangelical Church of Westphalia. The parish belongs to the church district Steinfurt-Coesfeld-Borken.
The community center of the Apostle Church forms a rounded center on an area of 8948 m² with the Apostle Church in the east, the parsonage in the south, the kindergarten with playground in the west and the community hall with daycare center in the north. Surrounded by the buildings, the parish lawn is located in the center of the grounds. Behind the Apostle Church, the building of the old Protestant elementary school, the former "Melanchthon School", extends to the east. Since 2008, this building has been used as a branch of the Biemenhorst School, a Catholic elementary school.
Address: Elbestraße 1, 46395 Bocholt
Heilig Kreuz
The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church building in Bocholt, Germany.
Address: 1 Königsmühlenweg, Bocholt