House Averforth
| House Averforth | ||
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| Creation time : | 1685 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Place: | Rees -Haffen | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 44 '4.7 " N , 6 ° 28' 15" E | |
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House Averforth is a former moated castle , probably a manor from the 14th (or 15th) century, and is now a monument in the Haffen district of the Lower Rhine town of Rees in the Kleve district . It is located about one kilometer from Bellinghoven Castle between the districts of Mehr and Haffen on the Finkenschlagweg.
history
House Averforth ("House on the Furth ") was first mentioned in 1409 as a place name. Today's house is privately owned and dates from 1685 (the year is inset on the main house). The preserved stucco ceilings from the 18th century are significant . There is a sculpture of Mater Dolorosa in front of the gate .
The name of the house comes from Heinrich Averforth , who lived on the farm as a borrower from 1513 to 1553 . As church master and lay judge , he probably expanded the house in a representative way.
The rear building has already burned down three times in the history of the property, but the stucco ceilings and fireplace surrounds always survived.
The house was rebuilt and changed again and again. You can still see various gable constructions in the attic .
Clemen wrote in 1892:
“Built in 1677, originally owned by the von Manjel family, now (1892) Mrs. von Achthoven. Small, low, two-story brick building with curved and stepped gables, with a small farmyard, surrounded by well-preserved trenches, the Prussian coat of arms above the portal . In front of the bridge is a picturesque linden rotunda. A couple of baroque stone figures in the garden . Simple furnishings from the 18th century are almost completely preserved. On the ground floor fireplace with stucco work. Trophies and putti . A series of mediocre portraits by 17th century Flemish and Dutch masters / 18th century, including two very good knee pieces in old carved frames and the portrait of a young man with long golden curls and a red silk cloak in a hunting costume. Some good still lifes . "
In the historical floorboards in the corridor area, bullet holes from the 1945 shelling of the courtyard can be found. The fact that the stucco ceilings survived the detonations could be because they were pulled onto thatch.
The grandfather of the current owner bought the house and the cottage garden in 1932. The great-grandfather of the family owned a farm in Wesel - Obrighoven , which the eldest son inherited. The second son therefore bought the Averforth house, which was not in good condition. Today the farm operates a dairy farm.
Chamber of the Evangelical Church in Haffen and more
Several pastors lived as sub-tenants in Haus Averforth. From 1741 to 1801 the Reformed Church in Haffen celebrated the service in the church chamber of the house. After the destruction of the Protestant church in Haffen in the Second World War , services were also held in Haus Averforth.
“There is little information about the beginnings, but the first Reformed preacher (Noetermann) worked in Mehr as early as 1546 . Around 1580 the lords of Bellinghoven Castle converted to the Reformation. Protestant services have been celebrated in the castle since 1631. When Bellinghoven became the property of a Catholic family in 1681, these services were banned. The community found a new home at Haus Averforth , an old manor on Finkenschlagweg in Haffen, some of which are still preserved today.
The Evangelicals in Haffen and Mehr were still provided for by the pastor of the Hamminkeln parish. The first step towards independence was taken in 1740: the first presbytery was chosen and a separate community seal was put into use ...
In 1741 the community hired a schoolmaster and a little later bought a school house. The congregation was given complete independence in 1769. The connection with Hamminkeln was broken and the first pastor Johann Wilhelm Gräber took office. At that time the congregation comprised about 30 adult congregation members. "
Stucco ceilings and fireback
On the stucco ceiling in the great hall there are four symbols in the corners: sword for faith, sun for hope, heart for love and the church of Rhenen (Haffen) for home. A magnificent tendril surrounds the representations.
The decoration on the fireback shows two naked youths in a medallion, embracing arms as a sign of peace. They say they brought peace to the house.
In the hunting room, the Prussian crowned eagle with scepter and sword dominates the ceiling.
Web links
- Newspaper article from Der Westen on September 7, 2011; taken: July 13, 2019
- Internet site Rhein-Ruhr online, photos from Haus Averforth; taken: July 13, 2019
- Monuments in Rees - non-exhaustive list of monuments from the homepage of the city of Rees accessed on July 13, 2019
- Paul Clemen : Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Rees ( Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz Volume 2, Section 1), Düsseldorf, 1892
- Site of the Evangelical Church in Mehr, Haffen and Mehrhoog
- Internet archive
literature
- Stefan Frankewitz : Castles, palaces and mansions in Rees . BOSS, Goch 2006, ISBN 3-933969-57-3 , pp. 69-72.
- Walter Luyken: About castles and castle-historical facilities in the Rees district . In: Rees County Home Calendar 1967 . Schiffer, Rheinberg, p. 90.