Heimathaus Borghorst

About the museum

The Heimathaus in Borghorst is the town's former town hall. The Münster architect Anton Nordhoff designed it in 1887; originally the post office and the administration each occupied one of the two wings. The floor plan imitates the Prussian imperial eagle, and the baroque tower cap is a replica of the cap of the demolished old collegiate church.

After Borghorst and Burgsteinfurt merged into the town of Steinfurt, a new town hall was built. The old building went to the Heimatverein in 1982, which furnished it with a great deal of volunteer work. The association deliberately did not want a conventional museum, but a place to meet, with exhibitions, Low German evenings, and lectures. The former council chamber serves as an event room and wedding room.

The tour leads through a mayor's office with portraits and a display case of costume dolls and local history books, to a "Tante-Emma-Laden" (corner shop), a spinning and weaving room that recalls Borghorst as a town of cloth makers, and a recreated bedroom. In the attic, a threshing floor with farm equipment and rooms for a seamstress, a shoemaker, a school class, and a pharmacy show earlier life. A memorial book in the council chamber lists the fallen and missing of World War II from Borghorst.

Highlights

• Former town hall from 1887 with a floor plan in the shape of the imperial eagle
• Spinning and weaving room recalling Borghorst's cloth-making tradition
• Corner shop (Tante-Emma-Laden)
• School class, pharmacy, and craft rooms in the attic
• Wedding room in the former council chamber

Permanent exhibition

• Heimathaus: Alltag, Handwerk und Ortsgeschichte – Historically furnished rooms with a corner shop, spinning and weaving room, school class, pharmacy, and farm equipment.

Operated by

Heimatverein Borghorst e.V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

The Tante-Emma-Laden has candy for small visitors; the school class and the historic workshops show the everyday life of the past.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

On special occasions (e.g., village fair (Kirmes) or Christmas market), the "Café Heimathaus" opens, run by the association's women's group.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

Weddings take place in the "Haugen Stuoben" (former council chamber); rooms in the Heimathaus and the Haus am Buckshook can be used by arrangement.

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