Courtenbachshof
The former Forsthof, also called Courtenbachshof , Bockshof or Klinkenbergshof, was located in Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia , on the upper Oberstrasse .
The Forsthof was probably built during the time of the Frankish settlement. Since it later became an inheritance, it was also called Erbforsthof. It was one of the twelve forest farms in the old Königsforst around today's Düren.
In 1361 a Heinrich Reyter owned the Erbforsthof as a fief . After him, the dukes of Jülich transferred the fief to members of the Pael, Lewe, Vorne and Remplin families, all of whom belonged to the Düren family of lay judges. The Junker Gilles von Geuenich received the fiefdom on June 9, 1421 through an exchange of goods. The Geuenich family, who took their name from the disappeared town of Geuenich near Inden, remained fiefdoms of the farm for around 100 years and thus also provided the hereditary foresters.
The heiress von Geuenich brought the court to Gerhard von Quernheim, mayor and judge from the city and office of Düren under Duke Johann. Her daughter Sophie married Johann Meyradt von Reifferscheidt in 1520, whose family held the Erbforsthof as a fief until 1634. Bernhardt Meyradt sold the farm to the sovereign on October 3, 1634 for 23,400 royal thalers. One-third of the property went two years later to the Jesuits and was called since then Jesuitenhof . The remaining two thirds remained as an Erbforsthof, owned by the Bock von Lichtenberg family since 1556. The estate was also named Bockshof after her. The name Courtenbachshof or Cortenbachshof became a household name after the court was passed to Wilhelm von Cortenbach as a fief in 1772. Another owner was Count August von Schaesberg, who was married to Isabella Margareta Freiin von Cortenbach.
In 1813 the count's heirs sold the farm to Eberhard Deutgen. In a later exchange, the farm came to Baroness Anna von Plessen, who lived near Rostock in Mecklenburg. On September 30, 1852, she leased the Courtenbachshof to the Klinkenberg family for 1720 thalers. This family stayed as tenants on the estate for several generations until 1944. The farm was also named Klinkenbergshof after her.
Friedrich Schoeller, councilor and cloth manufacturer in Düren, acquired the farm from Anna von Plessen on February 14, 1855. In the years 1857 to 1859 he had the courtyard buildings rebuilt. Schoeller's daughter Ernestine married Richard Prym on May 15, 1839 , whose children later received the farm and passed it on to several subsequent generations. In January 1981 the farm, which was the last agricultural operation in the old town, was demolished and replaced by residential buildings.
swell
- Geuenich, Erbforsthof, pp. 41–99.
- Castles and mansions Düren.
- Timeline of the history of Düren 747–1997. HJ Domsta, Helmut Krebs, Anton Krobb, Düren 1998, ISSN 0343-2971 .
- Historical document book Düren.
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 47.2 " N , 6 ° 29 ′ 11.1" E