Ingenhoven Castle

Ingenhoven Castle
	Ingenhoven Castle
Creation time :	First mentioned in 1403
Castle type :	Location
Conservation status:	Preserved essential parts
Standing position :	Nobility, commoners
Construction:	Brick, sandstone
Place:	Nettetal - Lobberich
Geographical location	51 ° 18 '18.7 " N , 6 ° 16' 44.4" E Coordinates: 51 ° 18 '18.7 " N , 6 ° 16' 44.4" E

The Burg Ingenhoven is a castle in a park in Nettetaler district Lobberich (Burgstraße 10) in the district of Viersen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The castle was documented in 1403 for the first time Gelders fief registers mentioned and was knight seat of Europe's influential Bocholt noble family (also Bucholtz called), whose headquarters on the far located Wasserburg Burg Bocholt was. The most important representative of the Bocholters was Prince Abbot Reiner of the Corvey Monastery from 1555 to 1585 .

In 1748 the castle passed to the von Bentinck family and other aristocratic families by dividing the inheritance . In 1820 it came into civil possession via the Count von Mirbach and later to the industrial family Niedieck. The Kommerzienrat Julius Niedieck had the Villa Haus Erlenbruch built in the southwest of the park .

Todays use

The "Burg Ingenhoven Service GmbH" runs an upscale restaurant in the castle with extensive family and leisure activities.

description

In the 16th century the castle got its present appearance, which is indicated by the year 1544 in the castle courtyard. The three-story mansion has brick masonry with sandstone walls and has a hipped roof and four round corner towers. The "Ingenhovenweiher" still points to the early island location ( Inselburg ) of the castle.

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