House Woord
The Woord house in Bocholt was built between 1792 and 1795 in the neo-classical style by Amtsrentmeister Joseph von Raesfeld (1757–1823), whose descendant Bernhard von Raesfeld sold it in 1827 to the Bocholt textile manufacturer Ludwig Schwartz . In 1830, Schwartz also acquired the property belonging to Haus Woord and built steam-powered spinning and weaving mills there.
In front of the mansion were four statues by the Münster sculptor Johann Mauritz Gröninger , grandson of the architect and sculptor Gerhard Gröninger , depicting the gods Diana , Aurora , Apollo and Mercury . They were made around 1700 for the Ahaus palace gardens and were bought back there in 1986. Since then, there have been copies of the statues in front of the Woord house.
Today there is only a small space left in front of Haus Woord of the entire area, on the former company premises of the Schwartz family there are shops, houses and the Christ Church. The Schwartzstraße, which runs between Haus Woord and the church, is a reminder of the company's history. The outbuildings of the manor are currently used as shops.
During the Second World War , the house was destroyed down to the outer walls and rebuilt in the original style in the years up to 1949. It is a listed building . Today there are private apartments and a law firm.
Some of the nearly century-old horse chestnut trees that form an axis between the mansion and the carriage houses on either side are of leaf miners attacked and carried since 2007. Silver Linden replaced. At the same time, the foundations of the coach houses are to be restored. The redesign of the inner courtyard is being carried out by the Schwartz family in coordination with the Westphalian Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Münster, the Lower Monument Authority in Bocholt and the City of Bocholt's Green Space Office.
literature
- Martin Kersting: Stone witnesses to the history of Bocholt . In: Our Bocholt . Vol. 23, No. 1/2, 1972, p. 106.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 20.5 ″ N , 6 ° 37 ′ 24 ″ E