Noithausen Castle
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Standing position : | Noble | |
| Construction: | Brick, trachyte blocks | |
| Place: | Grevenbroich - Noithausen | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 6 '23 " N , 6 ° 35' 17" E | |
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The castle Noithausen is the residue of a castle in today Grevenbroicher district Noithausen in Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The castle, which certainly had a previous system, built in the 13th century by Knight William of Hochstaden and after 1320 by the Teutonic Order with the castle invested . Later the "Hochstadens" in the spelling "Hochsteden" are mentioned as officials in Jülich services.
In 1400 the castle was given to Archbishop Friedrich III by the knight Wilhelm von Hochsteden and his sons . abandoned from Cologne to the open house "Uffenhuys" and fiefdom , so that the house had to be open to the archbishop at all times , in order to be able to withdraw and defend himself there in the event of war.
In 1599 the Noithausen house came to the Lords of Gudenau by marriage, and they sold it to the Counts of Schwerin . Around 1700 the aristocratic seat was further expanded.
description
The former large castle complex consisted of a core and outer bailey surrounded by moats and had a three-storey mansion flanked by two square towers at the corner of the outer bailey, which was a three-sided built-up farmyard (1700), the main passage of which was bordered by a round arched portal built in brick of trachyte blocks . After the last building was demolished in 1962, the baroque archway is still preserved.