Kenkhausen

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Kenkhausen is a very old aristocratic estate in Wermelskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is located north of the city center of Wermelskirchen, west of Lüffringhausen and southwest of Mebusmühle . In 1747 three parts of the estate were 272 acres , in 1827 two parts were still 176 acres in size.

Kenkhausen 1740, Halbach birthplace

history

In the years 1446 and 1476, Duke Gerhard freed the Kenkhausen court from the Gauwyn von Swanenberg, knight, for services rendered who had previously belonged to Johan van me Loche.

The half-winner (tenant) of the Gauwyn von Swanenberg, Bergischer Landdroste , pays eight marks in taxes for the Keenkusen (Kenkhausen) estate in 1469 . Report of the administrator Johann Vese of the Bornefeld office in 1492 about the treasure-free goods in his office. Among other things, he names Her vyncentius hoff zo keyenkuse .

On May 2, 1502, Duke Wilhelm allows Henrich zu Kenkhausen to build a fulling mill on his land and water, which Mewes Küllermann's heirs later had Mathias Schopphoff's widow in use and gives a painter every year when she uses rye the Kellnerei Amt Bornefeld. The remains of the fulling mill went down in the Remscheid Dam.

In 1507, others call it 1568, Vincentius van Swanenberg has a farm in the Bornefeld district called Keyenkußen (Kenkhausen), is a free property and my gracious Lord receives the royalties from it, is leased for 22 Malter oats, two carts of coal and two pigs.

In 1545 a Dietrich von Wylich and Anna von Swanenberg are named as the owner of the Eidam des von Swanenberg . The son of the Wylich / Swanenberg family, Phillip von Wylich zu Winnethal, sold the estate to Hermann Schunk in 1581.

The seals of the owner Schunk and his tenant Steffens

On May 6, 1598 Daniel Schunk and his siblings confess that their uncle Johann Schunk handed over his inheritance at Kenkhausen to his deceased parents Hermann Schunk and his wife Clara de Loumel as guardians for him and his siblings.

The bourgeois property was divided

Hermann Steffen, reformed, born in Cologne, died before 1636, married to Adelheid von Trier in 1616. In 1600 he is the owner of the Reinshagen mine and the Neuenhammer ironworks in the Eschbachtal, and wants to buy the Kenkhausen estate in 1591. He lived in Cologne, Obenmarspforten, Haus Kleingedank.

On March 1, 1654 Johann Schunk and his wife Christ sell. Scribe the half of the estate to Adolf Jörgens and Maria Klaut for 1,800 thalers. As witnesses and wine merchants Adolf Frowin, Johan Schmit zu Dhünn, Scheffen, then Hans George, Chriss Deuting (Eich), Hermanus Soeter and Peter Fuhrman (Eich). On March 9, 1661, the purchase was ratified at the district court of Wermelskirchen.

In 1666 Adolf and Hanß Jürgen (Jörgens) and Conradt Schmidt participated in the hereditary homage in Ostringhausen.

According to the church books, Adolf Jörgen's son married a Cathrina Platzhoff from Löh in Niederwermelskirchen on February 24, 1666. Their son is baptized Hermannus, Hanßen Jürgens, eldest son, in 1667.

In 1667, the catalog of the noble seats and freyen Höffen in the Bornefeld office names Schunck zu Cologne as the owner of Gut Kenkhausen, he has to pay four thalers.

1698 Hermanus Jörgens and Hans Jörgens zu Kenkhausen own church seats BB 5 and 6 and HH 4 and 5 on the stage in the reform. Church of Wermelskirchen with a copper engraved nameplate.

New construction of the house

In 1701 the property was further divided between Leverkus and Jörgens. The year 1725 is determined as the felling date of the bars of the house in Kenkhausen.

Around 1740 drawing of Hof Kenkhausen, residence of Caspar Halbach, ancestor of the Krupp family in Essen.

In 1746 Joh. Leveringhaus (Leverkusen) married to Anna Cath. Schmidt receives part of the goods.

In 1747 Peter Jörgens owned 84 acres, Wilhelm Schmitz owned 82 Mogen, Joh. Leverkus owned 106 acres.

In the official accounts of 1749 it says:

“ My most gracious treasure is accounted for by the courts of Kenkhausen, which in 1446, Duke Gerhard the Count of Schwarzenburg, hereditary freed from all treasures, services and complaints. Outside of the named court, some horns (cattle) are to be duly guarded, so that such should be excluded from the registered freedom. Hermann Schmitz (Schunck), a citizen of Cologne, owned this farm, but is now owned by Johann Schmitz, and the above exemption amounts to 23 Taler 8 Heller "

March 8, 1796: War costs are paid by Joh.Pet.Dorfmüller 3 Taler 76 Stüber 1 Heller, Eberhard Spiritus 1 Taler 75 Stüber, Pet. Gottfr.Dan. v. Stone 53 Stüber 8 Heller.

In the years 1766 to 1768 Johann Leverkus leads a trial before the court in Wermelskirchen because of the Nagelsberger Gut in the 15 courtyards.

Kenkhausen 1910

The good is united again

1860 The married couple Johann Arnold vom Stein, Louise Kretzer, give away the cadastral article 192, large 196 acres with three houses and 5700 thalers cash and 10 church seats to the children v.Stein, Eidam Joh.Hackländer and Eidam Aug.Küpper. In the case of the v.Stein inheritance, the estate is once again large, 322 acres, worth 30,000 thalers.

In the years 1889 and 1898, Peter Arnold vom Stein, widow Friedr.Wilh.v.Stein geb. Friederike Buchholz, married couple Julius Weyer and Carl Wilh.v. Stein to Mayor Wiel for the city of Wermelskirchen. Among other things, she operated a retirement home in the buildings.

Sources and literature

  • Landesarchiv NRW HSTAD JB I 559; JB III R No. 2 Invoices Office Bornefeld; Landstands No. 11, Vol. 3, pp. 6, 32; JB HB V 24, 30 with plan, and 136; GHzBerg 9256; RKG S 2699
  • Haendeler, P., Kenkhausen . Special print from: Berg. Volksbote (Burscheider Zeitung) June 1939
  • Rübens, F., list of ancestors Arntz, Deut. Fam. Arch. 1949, 13
  • Dendro-chronological investigations in the Rhein.Berg.Kreis, manuscript in the city library Wermelskirchen
  • Berdrow, W., family v. Bohlen and Halbach (Krupp) ..., Essen 1921
  • History of the Leverkus family, manuscript, Wermelskirchen City Archive
  • Breidenbach, NJ, families, property and taxes ..., Wermelskirchen 2003, Verlag Gisela Breidenbach, ISBN 3-980-2801-8-7
  • Breidenbach, NJ, The court in Wermelskirchen ..., Wermelskirchen 2004, Verlag Gisela Breidenbach, ISBN 3-980-2801-5-2
  • Breidenbach, NJ, old courtyards and houses in the Wupperviereck of Wermelskirchen, Castle Castle, Remscheid, Hückeswagen, Wipperfürth, Kürten, Lindlar, Odenthal and Burscheid , Wermelskirchen 2011, published by Berg.Geschichtsverein Abt. Wermelskirchen, ISBN 978-3-980-2801 -2-9

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 3.1 "  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 21.5"  E