Lembeck (NRW)
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Lembeck is a district in the north of Dorsten
which belongs to Recklinghausen
, Germany
. Lembeck has 5,356 inhabitants (as of 2006) and is placed in the north Ruhr area on the border with Muensterland. It is famous for its watercastle “Schloss Lembeck”.
, Flemish Tapisserien, paintings and furniture out of the time of Rokoko and Empire, are shown.
The big ballroom, which was designed of Johann Conrad Schlaun (Schlaunscher Saal) in the style of the late baroque
era, is of national importance. At the attic, the homeland-club “Lembeck” actuates since 1992 the Homeland-Museum, in which technical and agricultural equipments out of past time as soon as archiological founds, were shown (Opened Saturday and Sunday afternoon). In the ancient kitchen of the castle, at the basement of the main houses, there are again a gallery which shows paintings of the artist “Hans Hubertus Graf von Merveldt”.
Dorsten
Dorsten is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and has a population of just below 80,000.Dorsten is situated on the western rim of Westphalia bordering the Rhineland. Its historical old town lies on the south bank of the river Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln...
which belongs to Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Lembeck has 5,356 inhabitants (as of 2006) and is placed in the north Ruhr area on the border with Muensterland. It is famous for its watercastle “Schloss Lembeck”.
Economy
Lembeck presides over two business parks: one at the streets "Zur Reithalle“ and "Krusenhof” and the in the 1990s developed business park “Endelner Feld”,near the freeway A31. With the attraction o“Schloss Lembeck” in the woodlands “Der Hagen” and the eastern border of the “Hohen Mark”, Lembeck has an important role in nature conservation.Culture and Sights
At the "Schloss Lembeck“ there decrees at the raised ground floor of the main house a castle museum at the border of a direction, among other things “works of arts”, for example Chinese porcelainPorcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
, Flemish Tapisserien, paintings and furniture out of the time of Rokoko and Empire, are shown.
The big ballroom, which was designed of Johann Conrad Schlaun (Schlaunscher Saal) in the style of the late baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
era, is of national importance. At the attic, the homeland-club “Lembeck” actuates since 1992 the Homeland-Museum, in which technical and agricultural equipments out of past time as soon as archiological founds, were shown (Opened Saturday and Sunday afternoon). In the ancient kitchen of the castle, at the basement of the main houses, there are again a gallery which shows paintings of the artist “Hans Hubertus Graf von Merveldt”.