Manoir de Lébioles
The Manoir de Lébioles is a castle-like mansion in Creppe, a district of Spa in Belgium. In 1918 Wilhelm II laid down the German imperial crown here.
The manoir was built between 1905 and 1910 by order of the diplomat Georges Neyt (1842-1910), who could only live there for a short time before his death. Neyt's heirs sold the picturesque house, known as the "Little Versailles of the Ardennes", in 1912 to the Liège businessman Edmond Dresse, who was awarded the title "Dresse Lébioles" in 1926, based on their country estate. The family lived in the Manoir - with interruptions until 1981.
During the First World War , the house was temporarily requisitioned by the German occupation government and served as accommodation for high-ranking guests.
In 1945 some high-ranking Allied prisoners of war , including Franz von Papen and Admiral Horthy , were interned in the Manoir de Lébioles. From here the internees were taken to Bad Mondorf near Luxembourg in May 1945 , where all political and military leaders of the Third Reich who could be convicted of war crimes were accommodated in the city's Grand Hotel .
Edmond Dress’s son Armand Dresse and his granddaughter Liliane Dresse had the building expanded, converted and renovated continuously. Liliane Dresse in particular made the space available for numerous events such as plays of the national theater of Belgium, hunts, concerts and gales. In 1980 the Manoir was sold to the Société Immobilière de Belgique, which in the same year sold it to a hotelier family who converted it into a hotel ("Hotel de Charme"). After they had sold the building again in 1999, it fell into disrepair for a few years, but was finally restored (restoration of the historical building fabric, new glazing, new gardens, etc.).
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Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 54 ″ N , 5 ° 49 ′ 53.5 ″ E