Eicherhof Castle

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Eicherhof Castle
Eicherhof Castle

Eicherhof Castle (actually Eicherhof House ) is a manor house in Leichlingen (Rhineland) that was built in 1762/63 according to the prevailing French building taste . Villa Weyermann is in the immediate vicinity .

The client was Jacob Wilhelm Behagel Edler v. Hack, who inherited the land from his uncle, the Cologne banker Wilhelm Hack. He had operated two copper hammers there since 1715, which made the blanks for the mint in Düsseldorf. The current street name Am Hammer indicates this.

In 1811 the manor house and the adjacent area to the south were acquired by the Elberfeld merchant Johann Friedrich Wülfing (1780–1842), who acquired large estates in the Bergisches Land through numerous purchases at the beginning of the 19th century and owned four farms and extensive forest holdings in Leichlingen alone. Wülfing enjoyed a high reputation, was a member of the Conseil General of the Rhine department and hosted the kings Jérôme von Westphalen and Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia when they were in Elberfeld.

Wülfing's Leichlinger possessions were inherited by his daughter Emma Schniewind nee. Wülfing and from her in 1881 to the families of her daughters Emma Weyermann and Helene Boeddinghaus. The Eicherhof's heiress was married to the secret councilor Wilhelm Boeddinghaus , who was also president of the Elberfeld Chamber of Commerce . The Roderbirken Clinic in Leichlingen goes back to a donation from Wilhelm Boeddinghaus to the Rheinische Volksstätten. Of the subsequent owners, his daughter-in-law Alice Boeddinghaus born Baum a cosmopolitan house with many a prominent guest such as Edward Prince of Wales in 1919.

The Eicherhof remained in the possession of the Boeddinghaus family until the end of the 20th century. Today Schloss Eicherhof is the headquarters of several companies and a venue for conferences, weddings and other celebrations.

House Eicherhof was built according to the French building taste of the late 18th century. The mansion is two-story with a mansard roof and turrets. Two sheds flank the forecourt. On the forecourt there is a rose ring framed with chains , which, like the former palace gardens , was designed by Emma Schniewind nee. Wülfing was created.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 44 "  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 43.3"  E