Peppenhoven
Peppenhoven
City of Rheinbach (district Ramershoven )
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 52 ″ N , 6 ° 56 ′ 54 ″ E
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Height : | 160 m above sea level NN | |
Residents : | 117 (March 31, 2014) | |
Incorporation : | 1st August 1969 | |
Postal code : | 53359 | |
Area code : | 02226 | |
Location of Peppenhoven in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Peppenhoven Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection
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Peppenhoven is a residential area in the city of Rheinbach (district Ramershoven), 2.5 km from the city center. It is located near the A 61 ( Peppenhoven motorway service station ) between Swisttal - Morenhoven and the Rheinbach center.
Peppenhoven Castle
It is one of the oldest houses in Germany, Pippins Hof. Peppenhoven owns a moated castle in a rural area , on which some new houses have been built. The castle is inhabited by the family of Baron Maximilian von Böselager .
The Counts of Werl rebuilt the main house in 1697, a two-story brick building with a two-story gate on the west side. According to the iron anchors attached there, the farm buildings date from 1725 and 1828. The free-standing brick chapel was built in 1880. Later owners of the castle were the barons of Martial .
Web links
- Peppenhoven moated castle
- Material on Peppenhoven Castle in the Duncker Collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF; 198 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Rheinbach, subject area Bürgerbüro, SGL Volker G., as of October 31, 2014 (total number of residents: main residence = 118; secondary residence = 4 )