Ingenraedt House

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Haus Ingenraedt on the Tranchot map

The Ingenraedt house , sometimes also called Ingenrath , is a moated castle in the Wachtendonk district of Wankum in a small forest area about two kilometers northwest of the town center. The former manor stands on the edge of the Niers lowland on the left bank of the river and is one of the oldest houses on the Lower Rhine . The name Ingenraedt means "in the clearing".

Since the late Middle Ages , the property was owned as a Geldrisches fiefdom by the Hertefeld family , from whom it came to the von Bocholtz family through marriage . Completely rebuilt in 1627 by the de Haen family, the house was subsequently brought to new owners through the marriage of daughters until it was finally moved into in 1932 by members of the von Loë family . Today it is the seat of the Niederrhein Hunting School, which is run by the owner of the house, Felix Freiherr von Loë. In addition, rooms in the house can be rented for weddings and private celebrations.

history

A Deric in the Rade is already mentioned in a tax list from 1369, but it is questionable whether there was already a permanent house at the current location at that time . The first documented mention of the Ingenraedt house dates back to 1402, when “Huis ende Hoff” (house and yard) was listed in the Krickenbeck office as a Geldrisches fiefdom owned by Gerhard Ingen Raide. In 1424 Heinrich von Hertefeld followed as a tenant , and in 1434 his son Johan von Hertefeld. When Johan's widow Agnes divided the property among her children in 1441, the Ingenraedt house went to her son of the same name. The mother reserved the usufruct , among others, half a pigeon house ( "halue dueffhues") before.

Johan bequeathed the property to his daughter Lysbeth, who was married to Wilhelm von Bocholtz and was enfeoffed with Ingenraedt in 1473. The property came from Arnt, Lysbeth's great-grandson, through his daughter Sophia, to the family of her husband Werner Hundt at Nuvenhoff. Under him as owner, Ingenraedt had the status of a manor for the time being for the last time. The couple's three daughters, Margaretha, Elisabeth and Agnes, sold the house on March 26, 1626 to the Geldrian councilor Arnold de Haen and his brother, the Geldrian rentmaster Martin. The purchase agreement notes that the property was dilapidated and partially collapsed (“ingevallen end de reste Ganz bouvellig end ruyneux”).

The de Haen brothers built a new house in 1627, the construction of which is still today indicated by a coat of arms stone and wall anchors in the form of the corresponding year. After the construction work was finished, the property was again given the status of a manor.

It remained in the family's possession until 1750, when it came over the heiress Maria Agnes Getrudis de Winckel that year. She was married to Joannes Godefridus (Eugenius) van Wevelinckhoven and bequeathed the house to her daughter Maria Hendrina Catharina (not her daughter of the same name), wife of Baron Lambert Leonard Jacobus van Splinter, who received the treatment after her mother's death in 1791. The heir to the property was the daughter Adelgunde, who had married Felix von Ruijs. Ingenraedt gave her son Constantin as a present on the occasion of his marriage on July 19, 1842 to Thekla Saedt from Kleve . Constantin von Ruys was mayor of Wachtendonk, Wankum and Herongen for a long time . His daughter Emerentia Antonia Felicitas Thekla brought the house to her husband in 1868, as Freiherr Rudolph Adolph Geyr von Schweppenburg . From 1876, however, the couple lived on the Caen house, which they acquired in the same year, about two kilometers north of Ingenraedt. In 1903 the house was again a wedding present. This time it was received by Max Geyr von Schweppenburg, who married Countess Eugenie von Villers that year and took up residence with his wife on Ingenraedt. He lived there until 1914.

Around 1930, the Baron von Büllingen-Wevelinghoven acquired the property. From 1932 his daughter Emilie and his son-in-law Rudolf Freiherr von Loë lived in the house. Thanks to Emilie, who was active in the resistance against National Socialism , Ingenraedt became a meeting point for the Catholic resistance. After the end of the Second World War , during which numerous pictures from Ingenraedt's stately collection of paintings were destroyed, the Russian painter Dimitri von Prokofieff spent his old age on the estate as Loë's guest. The current owner of Haus Ingenraedt is the couple's grandson.

description

Schematic plan by Ingenraedt

Haus Ingenraedt is a pile grating that has been expanded into a five-part system through several extensions. Together with a former farm building, the house stands on an island measuring approximately 115 × 85 meters, which is enclosed by a moat . It is located in the middle of an extensive landscape park that was laid out in the 19th century and whose tree population includes some exotic trees as well as old life trees and copper beeches .

The oldest part of the castle is a two-axle brick house (A) that occupies the southern part of today's building complex. The three- foot- thick walls of its two stories rise on a 30 by 23 foot floor plan. On its south corner there is a five-sided tower (B) with a curved hood . The stone coat of arms of the de Haen family and wall anchors in the form of this year indicate that it was built in 1627. You can find them on the southern, slightly curved stepped gable of the house.

To the northeast, the residential building is adjoined by a hall (C) from a later period with a stepped gable on its northwestern side. A small chapel (D) is attached to it on its northeastern outside . In the 18th century, an east wing (E) was added to the house, which is now united under one roof with a three-axis extension wing (F) from the period between 1863 and 1891. The extension from the second half of the 19th century was increased in 1902 and provided with a small turret on the east corner. This is followed by an extension (G) from 1910 on the north corner. At the time of construction, its three floors provided space for a laundry room , a bathroom and a pantry.

literature

  • Paul Clemen (Ed.): The art monuments of the district of Geldern (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province . Volume 1, Section 2). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1891, pp. 93-95 ( digitized version ).
  • Stefan Frankewitz : Castles, palaces, mansions on the banks of the Niers . Boss, Kleve 1997, ISBN 3-9805931-0-X , pp. 145-147.
  • Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, palaces, mansions along the Niers . Otto von Bylandt Society, Mönchengladbach 2011, ISBN 978-3-941559-13-4 , pp. 301-306.
  • Adolf Kaul: Geldrische castles, palaces and mansions. (= Publications of the Historical Association for Geldern and Surroundings . Volume 76). Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1977, ISBN 3-7666-8952-5 , pp. 74-76.

Web links

Commons : Haus Ingenraedt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about Haus Ingenraedt on the website of the Niederrhein Hunting School , accessed January 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Stefan Frankewitz: Castles, palaces, mansions on the banks of the Niers. 1997, p. 145.
  3. ^ A b Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, palaces, mansions along the Niers. 2011, p. 301.
  4. ↑ Anton Fahne : The dynasts, barons and current counts of Bocholtz . Volume 2: Document book. Heberle, Cologne 1860, p. 45 ( digitized version ).
  5. ^ A b Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, palaces, mansions along the Niers. 2011, p. 302.
  6. ^ Adolf Kaul: Geldrische castles, palaces and mansions. 1977, p. 74.
  7. ↑ a b c Paul Clemen: The art monuments of the district of Geldern. P. 94.
  8. ↑ https://www.genbronnen.nl/genealogie/van-wevelinckhoven.html
  9. ^ Adolf Kaul: Geldrische castles, palaces and mansions. 1977, p. 75.
  10. ^ Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, palaces, mansions along the Niers. 2011, p. 304.
  11. ^ A b Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, palaces, mansions along the Niers. 2011, p. 305.
  12. ↑ Fritz Meyers: The baroness in the protective coat. Emilie von Loe in the resistance against National Socialism (= publications of the historical association for money and the surrounding area . Volume 75). Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1975.
  13. ↑ Information according to the cadastral map available online for Wachtendonk
  14. ↑ a b Anton Fahne: The dynasts, barons and current counts of Bocholtz . Volume 1, Dept. 1. Heberle, Cologne 1863, p. 123 ( digitized version ).
  15. ↑ a b c Stefan Frankewitz: The Lower Rhine and its castles, palaces, mansions along the Niers. 2011, p. 306.

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 11 "  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 46.7"  E