Manor Gelleshof

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The Gelleshof 2009.

The Gelleshof is a farm and a former manor in Kehn , town of Tönisvorst . The farm and its Berfes are registered as architectural monuments No. 26 and 27 in the list of architectural monuments in Tönisvorst .

history

Excerpt from the topographical survey (approx. 1810) with the Gelleshof

The farm, then known as Etgenhof, was first mentioned in 1346 as a fief of the Lords of Hüls. Kehn was the titular place of the Honschaft Kehn in the parish Vorst in the electoral  district of Liedberg . Since the first name Geldorf was common among the von Hüls, the name of the farm changed over the years to Gelleshof. After Ludwig von Danwitz married the heiress of the farm, Anna von Hüls, in 1584, the house was transferred to the Danwitz family, originally from Silesia, who owned the farm until 1922.

Owner of the property

  • Geldorf von Hüls, enfeoffment on March 27, 1346
  • Renewal of the fief on September 20, 1364 by Archbishop Engelbert of Cologne
  • Geldorf von Hüls, son of Geldorf.
  • Johann von Hüls, son of Geldorf. Enfeoffment on November 11, 1464 by Elector Ruprecht of the Palatinate .
  • Heinrich von Hüls, son of Johann. Enfeoffment on April 12, 1474 also by Ruprecht and on October 24, 1496 by Hermann von Hessen . The lending was renewed on January 8, 1512 by Elector Philip . He is also called Heinrich Geldolfs.
  • Jakob von Hüls, son of Heinrich. Enfeoffment on June 13, 1526 by Elector Herrmann von Wied and May 10, 1549 by Elector Adolph .
  • Johann von Schorffacker, guardian of the underage son Heinrich. Enfeoffment 1561.
  • Margaretha von Hüls, daughter of Jakob, married Peter von Hüls, also known as Peter Houver, owner of the curvy Houverhof. Enfeoffment on January 26, 1572 by Elector Salentin .
  • Ludwig von Danwitz, enfeoffment by Elector Ernst von Cologne on May 30, 1590. Before that, in 1588 he had already received the Houverhof, which was also owned by von Hüls. Ludwig had married Anna von Hüls, daughter of Margaretha and Peter von Hüls.
  • Görd (Gottfried) Gellofs von Danwitz, son of Ludwig, transferred on October 13, 1614. The fiefdom was renewed on January 31, 1615 by the new elector Ferdinand .
  • Ludwig von Danwitz, eldest son of Gottfried, enfeoffment on December 13, 1636 by Elector Ferdinand.
  • Peter von Danwitz, brother of Ludwig, enfeoffment on March 26, 1649. The fiefdom was renewed on October 27, 1651 by Elector Max Heinrich . By marrying Ann Grungs, Peter received the Grungshof, which he ceded to his son Mathias von Danwitz von der Lipp in 1687.
  • Renewal of the fief on May 12, 1699 by Elector Joseph Clemens . His son Wolter von Danwitz received the Grungshof in 1710. Wolter's eldest son, Peter, married Margaretha Kappertz and brought the Kappertzhof into the marriage.
  • Johann von Danwitz, Wolter's youngest brother, received the fief on June 10, 1726 from Elector Clemens August .
  • Jakob von Danwitz, Johann's second eldest son, enfeoffed on September 19, 1760. The fief was renewed on September 28, 1761 by Elector Maximilian Friedrich . At that time the Gelleshof comprised 71¾ acres of land and 18 acres of forest.
  • Johann Hubert von Danwitz, Jakob's eldest son, enfeoffment on January 10, 1784. Renewal of the enfeoffment on October 2, 1784 by Elector Maximilian Franz .
  • Johann Heinrich von Danwitz, Johann Hubert's younger brother, allodized on August 31, 1809.
  • Peter Gottfried von Danwitz, son of Johann Heinrich, inherited.
  • Peter Michael von Danwitz, son of Peter Gottfried, inherited.
  • Peter Jakob von Danwitz

investment

The Berfes

The courtyard consisted of a manor house, farm buildings and a gatehouse, which were arranged as a rectangle. The complex was surrounded by a moat. The inner courtyard was reached via a drawbridge through the gatehouse. The Berfes was also completely surrounded by moats.

Ludwig von Danwitz had a new house built, whereby the Berfes was still used. Matthias von Danwitz restored the Berfes in 1719. In 1873, Peter Jakob von Danwitz built the red brick house in the courtyard.

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References and comments

  1. ^ A b Kitty Rehmer: The forest forest - communications of the citizens' association . Issue 11, June 1982.
  2. ^ Die Heimath - weekly newspaper for customers of the history of the Lower Rhine . Nro. 1ff, 1877.
  3. ↑ Die Heimath: Wochenbl. for customer d. Lower Rhine. Story including d. Sagas, legends, customs etc. H. Keussen, 1876.
  4. ↑ Fischeln, Lentzen (Ed.): Heimathskunde: Zeitschr. for the Lower Rhine. History and Antiquity . 1879.

Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 45.6 ″  N , 6 ° 27 ′ 18.3 ″  E