 The hill can be climbed on forest tracks in around 30 minutes, although there is no established way to the summit itself, only a path that a few hikers over the years have beaten, which aids those making for the top.A castle, the Meesenburg, was built on the Meesenkopf, probably by Count Otto I of Tecklenburg (1209–1263).This Tecklenburg fort was later conquered and destroyed by the Bishop of Minden, Conrad I of Rüdenberg in a joint military operation with the Bishopric of Osnabrück.