House Riepen

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The manor house from 1667
The new building from 1896

Haus Riepen is a former manor near Dössel , City of Warburg .

history

In the 13th century, the Riepen estate belonged to the von Geismar family , from whom Berthold I von Geismar was named in 1295 as " heir to Riepen" (Bartoldus de Ripen). In this position he was followed by his son Eckehard I (urk. 1312-1358), who became mayor of the nearby town of Warburg in 1340, and his grandson Bertold III. (urk. 1344-1384). The family rose to become the Warburg patriciate and provided numerous councilors and mayors there over 10 generations until 1667 .

Because of a reform of the electoral law and disputes about the taxation of foreign goods, Martin II von Geismar moved his center of life back to Riepen in 1667 against the resistance of Dössel farmers and built a baroque mansion with farm buildings there. In 1680, Caspar Ferdinand von Geismar was born on the estate . From 1728 to 1757, as Benedikt von Geismar, he was prince abbot of the monasteries Werden and Helmstedt . In 1687 the estate was entered in the register of knightly goods . Friedrich Caspar von Geismar , later a general in the service of the Russian Empire , was born on the estate in 1783. The von Geismar family lived on Riepen until 1818. After that, the estate came into the possession of the von Kalkstein family.

In 1879 Robert Fischer from Warburg, brother of the mayor Heinrich Fischer (politician, 1807) , bought the property and another estate in Menne . With the help of his wealthy sister Viktoria Charvin from Paris , he ensured that the former organ of the Warburg Neustadtkirche came to Dössel in 1861 . His son Heinrich Fischer (1865–1917), born in Paris, took over the Riepen house in 1891. In 1896 he built a representative extension to the manor house built in 1667, which then served as an old part. With his wife Lilly, née Ritgen from Klostergut Wormeln , he continued the foundation tradition of the Fischer u. a. with the foundation of new church windows and the renovation of the procession stations at the north and south entrance of the village. After Heinrich Fischer's death, his widow Lilly took over the management of Haus Riepen. She continued the agriculture and mainly devoted herself to horse breeding. In the 1920s she was involved in the rural women movement and, after the founding of the Westphalian rural women association, was its first chairperson from 1929 until it was dissolved in 1933. Manfred Fischer (1928–2000) was the last farmer at Haus Riepen. He was known nationwide for his commitment to the profession (hailstones, food factories), he was active in local politics and a leading member of associations. The estate and the land were sold.

The building is located in the middle of a historical park with solitary trees, pyramid oak, a tulip tree, plane tree and a pond. There is also a grotto in the park.

literature

  • Friedrich-Josef-Liborius Heidenreich: History of the von Geismar family , in: The city of Warburg 1036–1986 , ed. by Franz Mürmann, Warburg 1986, vol. 1, p. 169 ff.
  • Franz-Josef Dubbi: Celestine and Benedkt von Geismar, imperial abbots of Werden , in: From Warburg: 23 life pictures from 7 centuries , ed. from Museumsverein Warburg eV, Warburg 2007, p. 39

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Document 1295, Westphalian Document Book , Volume 3, Diocese of Münster 1201-1300, revised. v. Roger Wilmans, Münster 1859–1871
  2. ↑ Heidenreich 1986, p. 169
  3. ↑ Heidenreich 1986, p. 169
  4. ↑ Westfalen-Blatt: Riders and riflemen were close to his heart - Manfred Fischer from Dössel died. Warburg 27./28. May 2000.

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '8.5 "  N , 9 ° 10' 13.2"  E