Grouven Castle
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 Grouven Castle |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned around 1500 | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | current building preserved | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Construction: | Brick | |
| Place: | Elsdorf - Grouven | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 56 '13.7 " N , 6 ° 36' 24.1" E | |
| Height: | 77 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Grouven is a castle or manor house in Elsdorfer district Grouven (Roman road) in the Rhein-Erft district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The castle, which was probably built to protect the great Roman road to Cologne , was first mentioned around 1500 in the possession of the Vogtes zu Bergheim . After 1600 the castle came into the possession of the Wolff family. Rütger Wolff (1649–1727) rebuilt it around 1691 with his wife Anna Margaretha von Wevorden called Drove (1662–1747) - Gutshof. Above the archway is the alliance coat of arms of the two: jumping wolf = Rütger Wolff, jumping deer = Wevorden. After the death of Anna Margaretha von Wevorden, the youngest daughter Anna Sibilla Wolff inherited Castle Grouven and the lands belonging to it. Her husband, Wilhelm Schmitz, was a judge / judge in Hemmersbach and Sindorf. It is not known whether they or their descendants sold the castle. At times, Grouven Castle was owned by a family of ministers who named themselves after Grouven.
In the middle of the 19th century, the castle was expanded into the square brick complex that is still preserved today .
The local landowner Josef Hons was appointed district farmer leader of the Bergheim (Erft) district in the castle in 1933 and worked as an alderman in the Heppendorf district until 1935 .
literature
- Wesenberg Rudolf, Verbeek Albert: The architectural monuments of the Rhineland, Bergheim district, Volume 1 u. 2, pp. 20f. Düsseldorf 1971