House Driesberg
| House Driesberg | |
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 House Driesberg |
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| Creation time : | around 1392 |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Remnants in newer parts |
| Place: | boiler |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 42 '22 " N , 6 ° 3' 45" E |
Haus Driesberg was a castle on the left bank of the Niers near the village of Kessel in today's town of Goch , Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
Haus Driesberg was first mentioned in documents in 1392 as the property of Johan Kodken van Zeller and his wife Gebe. The typological evidence suggests that the castle was not built much earlier. In the 15./16. In the 18th century it was owned by the von Schewick family, from around 1600 to 1753 by the Neukirchen family called Nievenheim and finally by the von Dedem family until 1831. Until the 18th century, Driesberg formed its own judicial district, which also included the villages of Kessel and Mook . The main house was demolished in the 1830s.
Building history
The main building of the castle was a two-storey four-wing complex with an inner courtyard, on the corners of which corner towers were placed. It was directly on the Niers, whose water also fed the moats . The main house was connected by bridges with a gatehouse and an outer bailey, which were also surrounded by ditches. In the early modern period , the castle was redesigned in the Baroque style. The corner turrets of the main house were provided with onion domes , and the nier-sided bay was probably added at this time. The outer bailey, of which two towers from the 17th or 18th century have been preserved, was completely redesigned. The main house was completely demolished after 1831; its location can still be read from elevations in the ground. The outer bailey was integrated into a farm. Its two towers still line the driveway to this day.
literature
- Hans Peter Hilger: The monuments of the Rhineland. Kleve district 3 . Düsseldorf 1967, pp. 48-50.
- Stefan Frankewitz : Castles, palaces, mansions on the banks of the Niers . Boss, Kleve 1997, pp. 264-270.
