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NaturaGart: The Estate |
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| The old estate is first mentioned in official documents of the 13th century. The oldest part is the storehouse (left) where grain was stored and bread was made. Most parts of the main building and the cafeteria are between 130 and 150 years old. The metalworking shop, shipping hall and the extension of the carriage house are new constructions, made in the past few years, but which integrate nicely into the complex. |
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 The 80 year old lime tree avenue serves as an access. To the right is a parking lot with 170 places, to the left lie more parking places. |
 The bulky main building is 40m long. Behind glass doors lies NaturaGart's administration. |
 The buildings are encircled by a pond landscape that has been slowly growing since 1995. |
 The old structures inside the building were mostly preserved. This is a view of Administration. |
 Even in the high-tech offices of the pond advisors, the old stone walls remind of previous uses. |
 A more than 100 kilometre network of pipes, conduits, alarm, video and control cables runs through the whole area. |
 The store house is the oldest building and is under order of preservation. |
 In the past bread used to be made in this 300 year old building. |
 A professor who had quarreled with his wife lived there for a while. |
 The Café Seerose (The Water Lily Cafe) is located in an old framework shed. |
 There, too, the 130 year old walls are mostly preserved. |
 At the back are pavilions and a winter garden for visitors. |
More than 500 visitors gather there on Sundays.
The Café Seerose is widely known for its good price-quality ratio, so that we have extra parking spaces for busy days. The mostly flat Münsterland is popular with cyclists. For them, too, the NaturaGart Park has become a preferred destination. |
 An ideal leisure landscape has come into being behind the old estate walls. |
 The Münsterland is ideal for cyclists. We often see more than 100 bicycles. |
 The metalworking shop was newly built ... |
 ...as was the shipping hall... |
 ...and part of the carriage house. |
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