Stepprather Hof (Korschenbroich)
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The quilted Rather Hof stands in the district Kleinenbroich in Korschenbroich in Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia , on tap Rather Hof 42nd
The building was built around 1500 and entered into the list of architectural monuments in Korschenbroich under No. 154 on October 10, 1989 .
architecture
The Stepprather Hof is what is left of the old, former Stepprath house. After the First World War , most of the courtyard was surrounded by a moat , and some of the walls in front of it were visible. The farm takes its name from the von Stepprath family. Nothing is known about its origin.
The farm was probably originally a Salhof . When the Franks conquered their home territory, their kings gave the Roman courts they found to deserving followers. So they became masters of the Salhöfe; these were mostly enclosed by fences and trenches. This is one such Salhof, which was probably originally owned by Liedberg . At some point the von Stepprath became Burgmänner von Liedberg, who were obliged to defend the castle and enfeoffed with the Salhof for their services. Since Burgmannen had to belong to the knighthood, the von Stepprath Ritter and their fortified courtyard with ramparts and moats were a knight's seat . In Liedbergs Kellereisachen Haus Stepprath is listed as Liedberger Burglehen in 1500, 1580, 1632 and 1633.
A Johann von Stepprath is 1508 Burgmann von Liedberg. But even earlier it is listed as a knight's seat. When the state estates were formed in the Electorate of Cologne in 1463 , the third committee of which consisted of representatives of the knighthood, the Stepprath house was one of the 227 knight seats authorized to state parliament. The prerequisite for admission to the knighthood of the land was the existence of a "solid" (fortified) house (Stepprath house was surrounded by a mound and a moat) and proof of 16 knightly ancestors. At that time, in the middle of the 15th century, the von Steppraths looked back on a number of ancestors.
At the end of the Thirty Years' War they bought land cheaply from heavily indebted citizens. House Stepprath, like most knight seats, was exempt from the simple state taxes. The Steppraths initially managed the property belonging to the house themselves, so they were real " herb junkers ". Extensive farm buildings belonged to the manor house . In 1663, a Junker von Stepprath is tenant of the Pampushof in Büttgen . Later, the Stepprath leased the farm buildings and the management of their property to a half-winners or halfen , who had to give half of the harvest to the Stepprath as a lease. Since 1700, we have found the Gens family as assistants on the farm, who acquired the farm as property in 1835. In the vernacular, the name of the Gens family was hardly in use, they were so connected with the court that they were only associated with the name of the old knight dynasty for over 100 years, they were "the Steppraths". Shortly before the First World War, the Stepprath farm buildings burned down completely. The management took place from a previously newly built yard. Only one old lady from the Gens family lived in the old manor house. In World War II a bombed family was accommodated in the house, and later the living rooms were rented.
The house deteriorated more and more. Years ago, the remains of a presumably Stepprath coat of arms could still be seen over the entrance door on the courtyard side. As a former castle loan from Liedberg Castle , the Stepprather Hof is not only of direct importance for the Kleinenbroich district. The medieval relationships between the mansions can be read on it. Due to this local historical significance, the Stepprather Hof is a monument within the meaning of Section 2 of the NRW Monument Protection Act .
literature
- Käthe Limburg, Bernd Limburg: Monuments in the city of Korschenbroich. In: on the way & at home - homepage of Käthe and Bernd Limburg. July 18, 2011, accessed February 27, 2014 .
- Paul Clemen: The art monuments of the cities and districts of Gladbach and Krefeld (= The art monuments of the Rhine province . Third volume, No. IV ). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1893 ( digitized [accessed on June 2, 2012]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '22.2 " N , 6 ° 33' 50.4" E