House of Düssel
| House of Düssel | |
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 House of Düssel |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1182 |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Preserve the outer bailey |
| Construction: | Quarry stone masonry plastered |
| Place: | Wülfrath - Düssel |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 15 '43 .8 " N , 7 ° 3' 25.8" E |
The moated castle Haus Düssel is a former knight seat in the Wülfrath district of Düssel and was mentioned in a document as early as 1182.
The two-story mansion from the late 18th century was bombed in 1945. The obtained today Vorburg from stables and caretaker's house in 1786 - according inscription 1789 - rebuilt by Johann Peter Bredt. In 1784, the estate, which had been in changing hands between the nobility, was sold to the merchant Johann Peter Bredt (1756–1819) from Barmen for 22,500 Reichsthalers and later belonged to his son, the painter Johann Peter Bredt (1782–1864). After the death of his widow in 1864, the grandson Joh. Peter Greeff-Bredt bought the estate from the heirs. It came to the Greeff family, who owned it until 1945. The later painter Peter Greeff was born there in 1865 .
The building complex is protected as a monument .
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Schloss Düssel in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ^ A b Citizens' Association Wülfrath-Düssel, Josef Walkiewicz: A historical walk through Düssel . 2003, pp. 37-42.
- ^ Johann Victor Bredt: History of the Bredt family . Münster 1934, pp. 219-220.
- ^ Johann Victor Bredt: History of the Greeff family from the Huckenbach . Marburg 1941.
Web links
- Entry by Jens Friedhoff and Günter Krause zu Düssel in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Greeff Genealogy Journal
- Family portrait by the painter Johann Peter Bredt, 1819
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