Mahrhof
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The Mahrhof is an old estate near Ratheim in the area of the city of Hückelhoven . The word Mahr in its name, as a variant of Maar, indicates a damp, wet place.
The simple courtyard, which used to be surrounded by moats, plays an important role in the history of the town, as there were family ties between the owners and the Olmissen family called Mülstroe (on Haus Hall in Ratheim and Haus Hückelhoven ).
The Autobahn 46 leads directly past Mahrhof and separates the courtyard from the Hall and Ratheim houses to the north. Millich lies in the east, the Rur runs in the south . The Mahrweg, named after the farm, leads from Ratheim past Haus Hall to the Mahrhof and on to Millich.
description
The core of the four-wing brick complex was built in 1578. A vaulted cellar and the two-storey gate building probably date from the same period. The still preserved roller holes of the gate bear witness to the formerly existing drawbridge , just as a loopholes on the left side of the gate testify to the former defensive strength of the manor. There used to be an alliance coat of arms above its arched passage. One half of it showed the Mülstroe coat of arms , which is the basis of today's Hückelhoven city coat of arms. The coat of arms stone was stolen once, but has since been found again.
After the Mahrhof was destroyed by a fire in 1883, today's two-story building, which used to be a residential building, is said to have been built on the old foundations.
history
Originally the Mahrhof belonged to the neighboring House Hall. Heinrich von Olmissen called Mülstroe shared this property in his will. His son Gotthard von Olmissen called Mülstroe received the Mahrhof and built the manor house in 1578. The family belonged to the Reformed faith, but had the right to inheritance for the Catholic Church in Ratheim. While his grandson was buried in this church in 1683, his widow was forbidden to do so. Through marriage, the farm first came to Rütger von Beeck zu Beeck, then in 1831 to the von Zandt family via Johann Meinard von Goltstein and Franz Freiherr von Pelden called Cloudt. In 1878 the son of Major General Ferdinand Karl von Zandt Walter von Zandt (1823–1913) from the House of Barlo became the owner.
Today the farm is leased. The Sophia-Jacoba colliery bought some of the land to compensate farmers.
literature
- Hans-Henning Herzberg: City of Hückelhoven . 1st edition. Neusser Druckerei und Verlag, Neuss 1987, p. 28, ISBN 3-88094-5330 (= Rheinische Kunststätten, issue no. 315).
- The art monuments of the districts of Erkelenz and Geilenkirchen, 1906, p.99
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Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 26 ″ N , 6 ° 11 ′ 19 ″ E