House Horr
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Haus Horr is a farm in the town of Grevenbroich in the Rhine district of Neuss .
location
The facility is sharply located on the border with the neighboring communities of Rommerskirchen and Dormagen .
History and description
The name Haus Horr is derived from Horo ( swamp ), like the places Kerpen-Horrem , Dormagen-Horrem or Orr . Haus Horr is a former aristocratic residence that was rebuilt as a maison de plaisance in 1738 at the instigation of Baron von Francken . The manor house is connected to a palace chapel dedicated to St. John Nepomuk via an avenue that still exists . The mansion is a two-storey plastered building with a mansard roof . The courtyard side with five window axes is characterized by a single-axis central projection , the seven-axis courtyard side is characterized by a three-sided projection . Both risalites are highlighted by their own roofs. Windows and doors are framed with gray natural stone walls. The palace park was leveled. The plan that still exists shows, among other things, a gondola shed, a bowling alley , a hut from Tahiti and a Chinese pagoda .
Appreciation
The manor house is attributed to the architect Michel Leveilly and is a simplified repetition of Falkenlust Castle near Brühl , where Leveilly was the site manager under François de Cuvilliés the Elder , which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site "Augustusburg Brühl". Leveilly also designed the Arff Castle in the Roggendorf / Thenhoven district of Cologne and the historic town hall of Bonn .
literature
- Gottfried Neuen: Pulheim through the ages ; Pulheim 1966
- Christian Wiltsch: Neukirchen-Hülchrath . Edited by the history association for Grevenbroich and the surrounding area e. V. Grevenbroich 2006 (contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich 18).
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Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 26.6 ″ N , 6 ° 41 ′ 37.6 ″ E