Quellengrundpark

About the museum

The Heimatverein Weseke, founded in 1961, bought a half-timbered farmhouse from 1748 in 1977 that was due to make way for a new building. Members dismantled it and, by 1978, rebuilt it through volunteer work on a municipal plot on Hans-Sachs-Straße. Since then the Heimathaus has served as the association's clubhouse and displays household items and tools from flax processing and dairy farming.

The Quellengrundpark gradually took shape on the adjacent grounds of the disused Borken–Burgsteinfurt railway line. Additions included a granary from around 1750 from Ahaus-Wüllen, which was moved in 1995 and rebuilt by 1998 as a baking granary with a wood-fired oven, a mouse barn ("Museschoppe"), an umbrella barn with a wooden shoemaker's workshop, a field-fired charcoal kiln and a bloomery furnace, and in 2008 an exhibition barn with old farm machinery and engines.

Natural history installations complete the park: a geological garden that presents the history of the Earth as a 24-hour clock, a spiral-shaped pharmacist's garden on the history of medicinal plants with a touch-and-scent area, a Kneipp wading pool with spring water, and the listed Wellenhäuschen over the Holtbach spring, which supplied parts of the village with drinking water from 1901.

Highlights

• Heimathaus, a farmhouse from 1748
• Baking granary with wood-fired oven
• Geological garden with Earth-history clock
• Spiral-shaped pharmacist's garden with touch-and-scent area
• Exhibition barn with historic farm machinery

Permanent exhibitions

• Heimathaus – The rebuilt farmhouse from 1748 displays household objects and tools from everyday rural life in the western Münsterland.
• Ausstellungsscheune und Schirmscheune – Historic farm machinery and early engines, as well as a wooden shoemaker's workshop, a field-fired charcoal kiln and a bloomery furnace.
• Geologischer Garten und Apothekergarten – Rocks from all geological eras on a large Earth-history clock, and a teaching garden on the history of European herbal medicine.

Operated by

Weseker Heimatverein e.V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The pharmacist's garden has a touch-and-scent gallery with Braille labeling.

Kids & families

• Playground / play area

The grounds have a playground, a duck pond, a Kneipp wading pool and a fitness trail.

Getting there & parking

GPS address: Hans-Sachs-Straße 16, 46325 Borken-Weseke.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties

Up to 50 guests.

The Heimathaus can be rented for private celebrations (contact: Ingrid Schmaloer, tel. 0163 6740438).

Plan your visit