Kellenberg Castle

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Kellenberg Castle, outer bailey, as in 2007
Kellenberg Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Kellenberg Castle is a moated castle on the northern edge of the village of Barmen , a district of Jülich , on the Rur .

history

The original owner of the Kellenberg fortress was initially Mr. Edmund von Barmen and subsequently Gerhard Mulart von Hullhoven. By marrying his daughter it came to Wilhelm von Wevelinghoven the Hereditary Marshal of Cologne in 1429, then Scheiffardt von Merode, under whom the current complex was built in the 15th and 16th centuries.

In 1626 Otto Heinrich Waldbott von Bassenheim (1561–1639), who held the house and estate Kellenberg as a pledge from Wilhelm Scheiffart von Merode, Lord of Bornheim, sold the property for 4,762 Reichstaler , 51  Albus and 4  Heller to Johann Karl von Utenhove († 1616 / 19). His son Johann Ludwig Utenhove had debts, so that his wife Francoise de Besancon sold Gut Kellenberg in 1638 to Johann Graf von Werth, also known as Jan van Werth.

Jan van Werth , Imperial General in the Thirty Years' War , bought the castle in 1638 for his only daughter Lambertine Irmgardis, whose descendants still live here today. Lambertine Irmgard married Winand Hieronymus Baron Raitz von Frentz . He was the son of the former landlord at Schlenderhan Castle , where Jan van Werth served as a groom in his youth. After the death of the Reitergeneral in 1655, after a legal dispute, the German possessions came to Werth's daughter and thus to the Raitz von Frentz family. The castle remained in the family's possession until the line of barons Raitz von Frentz zu Kellenberg died out in the male line.

In 1888, through marriage, the castle came into the possession of the Counts of the Hoensbroech family , who owned Kellenberg until 2009. A fire on April 1, 1992 almost completely destroyed the main palace. At the beginning of 2009, the castle in its entirety was sold to the construction and property company of North Rhine-Westphalia (BLB) for 3.1 million euros . The price was determined by an expert opinion commissioned by BLB. However, BLB wrote the value down in full just a few months later. The inconsistencies that also occurred in other SU projects are currently the subject of proceedings at the Düsseldorf regional court.

Resident of Kellenberg Castle

  • Edmunt von Barmen,
  • Daughter N. von Barmen oo Gerhard Mulart von Hulhoven,
  • William III. von Merode-Vlatten married twice with the daughter of Gerhard,
  • Yburga daughter of Wilhelm III. from Merode-Vlatten oo Friedrich Scheiffart from Merode,
  • Gerard Scheiffart from Merode oo Elisabeth Beissel from Gymnich,
  • Reinard Scheiffart from Merode oo Katharina von Vlodrop-Leuth,
  • Ulrich Scheiffart by Merode oo Ursula von Hompesch,
  • Wilhelm Scheiffart by Merode oo Margarethe Caecilie Agnes von Bylandt,
  • Adolf Scheiffart from Merode oo Cacilia Maria from Schellaert van Obbendorf zu Wijnantsrade,
  • Wilhelm Scheiffart by Merode oo Sophia Regina Quaedt von Landskron,
  • Johann Karl von Utenhove oo NN.
  • Johann Ludwig von Utenhove oo Francoise de Besancon,
  • Johann Graf von Werth oo Elise Judenkop von Streithagen zu Uersfeld
  • Lambertine Irmgardis von Werth oo Winand Hieronymus Freiherr Raitz von Frentz.
  • Theodor Adolf Raitz von Frentz oo Maria Sidonia Aleid Schellardt von Obbendorf,
  • Franz Winand Raitz from Frentz oo Anna Franciska Charlotte from Bylandt zu Rheydt,
  • Franz Arnold Raitz from Frentz oo Isabella Charlotte von Warsberg,
  • Emmerich Joseph Raitz from Frentz oo Maria Franciska from Olmissem,
  • Edmund Carl Raitz from Frentz oo Cunigunde Beissel from Gymnich, Gravin
  • Reinard Franz Raitz from Frentz oo Antonia von Muddersheim,
  • Cunigunde Maria Raitz von Frentz oo Clemens Wenzeslaus Reichsgraf von und zu Hoensbroech,
  • Franz Lothar Reichsgraf von und zu Hoensbroech oo Helene Maria von Loë zu Mheer (Prov.Limburg),
  • Reinhard Heinrich Reichsgraf von und zu Hoensbroech oo Maria Immuculata Archduchess of Austria 1951 zu Kellenberg

Kellenberger Mill

Moat and mill wheel of the Kellenberger mill

Not far from the castle is the Kellenberger Mühle , which was built around 1500 . The current building dates back to 1784. The grain mill was in operation until 1963. The mill is currently being restored and should be habitable again soon.

Nulandt cross

On February 27, 1681, the commander of the city of Düren and bailiff of Aldenhoven, the Palatinate-Neuburgian warlord and chamberlain, colonel and commander of a regiment on foot, Johann Dietrich Freiherr von Nulandt in the Rur not far from Kellenberg Castle, drowned by turning his carriage . In his memory, his family had a mighty and artistically designed cross built from Belgian granite, which was badly destroyed by vandalism in the early 1970s. On September 3, 2016, the destroyed Nulandt cross was made accessible to the public again as a replica in the Kellenberg Forest near the original location.

literature

  • Lessing, Günter / Wirdeier, Eusebius: In the window of your times. Kellenberg Castle. Poems and photographs. Jülich-Barmen 1992
  • Kultur- und Verkehrsverein eV Barmen (Hrsg.): Barmen. Jülich 1979, 83ff
  • Holz, Alexander: Departure into the modern age. The history of the Rhenish mayor's office Barmen between revolution and tradition (1789 - 1848). Alsdorf: AWD 2018
  • Holz, Alexander / Muckenheim, Thomas: He drowned in the Rur in 1681 by reversing his Carosse ... The investigation of the historical and literary background of the story of the "Sunken Knight" by Kellenberg in Jülich Barmen. Alsdorf: AWD 2016

Web links

Commons : Schloss Kellenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

(PDF; 225 kB) in the Duncker Collection of the Central and State Library Berlin

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schloss Kellenberg: Judge wants to discontinue proceedings , Aachener Nachrichten, 2016-07-07.
  2. ↑ Kellenberg as a hotel competitor? , Aachener Zeitung, 2011-10-07.
  3. ↑ Investigations against Kellenberg heirs stopped , Aachener Zeitung, 2013-09-03
  4. ↑ Lock for one euro . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 2011 ( online ).
  5. ^ Defendant disappeared in corruption affair. Handelsblatt , April 20, 2016, accessed on April 20, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Land demands money back from Grafen for Jülich Castle , Aachener Nachrichten, 2019-11-05
  7. ↑ The sale of Schloss Kellenberg was not immoral , WDR, 2019-12-17.

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 54 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 8 ″  E