Moth Nettelshof

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Motte Netteslhof
Alternative name (s): Nettlinghove
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Food - Kettwig
Geographical location 51 ° 21 '49 .3 "  N , 6 ° 54' 49.5" E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '49  .3 "  N , 6 ° 54' 49.5"  E
Motte Nettelshof (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Moth Nettelshof

The Motte Nettelshof (also Nettlinghove ) is an abandoned tower hill castle (Motte) in the Ruhr valley at August-Thyssen Strasse 57 in what is now the Essen district of Kettwig , an abandoned medieval knight's seat. The Motte is a predecessor of the Hugenpoet Castle, which is about 300 meters south-east .

history

As the royal estate of Charlemagne , the Nettelshof ( Nettlinghave toe Loepenheim ) was first mentioned in a document as early as 778. Later it was an upper court of Werden Abbey , with which Knight Vlecke was enfeoffed by Hugenpoet in 1314. The Lords of Nesselrode called Nettlinghove have been mentioned since the 13th century. At that time, the facility was used to control the Ruhr Bridge leading to Kettwig, which the Jülich Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg had demolished in 1635.

It is not known when the estate was expanded into the first fortified castle . However, it was in 1478 during a feud of Klever Duke John I of Cleves against the Duchy of Geldern stormed and set on fire. A tower and an outbuilding were still standing from this first fortified complex in 1756, over which a farmstead was built in the 18th century.

A flat 1.4 meter high elevation with a diameter of 28 meters remained from the castle hill. Furthermore, the remains of the former 12-meter-wide moat and the castle pond have been preserved. Archaeological investigations have not yet taken place. The area is privately owned and is not open to the public.

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