House Groin
House Groin was a knight's seat in the Reeser district Groin in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Kleve . It is privately inhabited and cannot be visited.
history
House Groin was first mentioned in 1440 as the seat of a Theodoricus von Groin. In 1598 it was sacked by Spanish troops during the Eighty Years War . In 1652 the Brandenburg elector raised Haus Groin and five farms to glory , certainly one of the smallest in the Duchy of Kleve .
investment
According to a map from 1574, Haus Groin consisted of a two-story building with stepped gables and a side tower, surrounded by a moat . This building was demolished around 1690 after allegedly not inhabited for 150 years. The successor building was replaced in 1802 by a "stately manor ". This otherwise simple building was also demolished and a contemporary bungalow was built in its place in 1972 .
Due to the frequent new buildings, only a farm building from the 19th century and remains of the moat are preserved from the original complex.
literature
- Paul Clemen (ed.): The art monuments of the Rees district (= The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 2, section 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1892, p. 61 ( online ).
- Stefan Frankewitz : Castles, palaces and mansions in Rees . BOSS, Goch 2006, ISBN 3-933969-57-3 , pp. 52-55.
- Walter Luyken: About castles and castle-historical facilities in the Rees district . In: Home Calendar for Rees County 1967 , pp. 91–92.
- J. Sluyter: The former knightly seat of House Groin near Rees . In: Niederrheinischer Geschichtsfreund . 1879, pp. 133-134.
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 36.8 ″ N , 6 ° 25 ′ 1 ″ E