Engelenburg Castle
The Castel Sant'Angelo Castle is the name of a former moated castle , which in Guelders village Herwijnen was.
history
Engelenburg was first mentioned in a document in 1468. The first owner was Johan Johansz van Herwijnen who was enfeoffed by the Duke of Geldern , Adolf von Egmond , with een huys ende voorgeborcht, met sijnen cingel, gheiten Engelborch and various other goods at Herwijnen. Subsequently, Schloss und Herrlichkeit Engelenburg came into the possession of Gijsbert van Herwijnen , who sold it to Reinier van Bern and Merel van Rossum in 1522 . Afterwards the fiefdom was split up: Reinier bequeathed his share to Dirk von Plettenberg , the other part passed into the hands of Merel van Rossum's son Walraven van Gent. Walvaren's son Johan van Gent inherited the property from his mother Elisabet van Raesfeld . Johan's son Wilhelm van Gent sold the entire property to Pieter Dircksz Graeff in 1620 . He bequeathed Engelenburg to his nephew Jacob Bicker in 1643 . In 1647 he was inherited by his brother Andries Bicker , in whose family the complex remained. In 1677 it came to Ernest Jacob de Petersen . In 1700 the castle came into the hands of Friedrich Adolf zur Lippe-Detmold , who passed it on to Adriaen Bout. In 1723 Petrus Bierman became the new owner. His family were the last owners of the Engelenburg which was demolished in 1817.
Web links
- Entry on Engelenburg Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute (Dutch)
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 19.1 ″ N , 5 ° 8 ′ 11.5 ″ E