Düsseldorf-Unterbach#House Unterbach

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House Under creek is a water castle on the urban area of ​​Erkrath. History, however, it is the original cell of sub- stream, which lies on the other side of the street. To this curious situation, it came through the municipal reorganization in 1975, as a Bach was incorporated from Erkrath to Dusseldorf. The inhabitants of the two former The.Unterbacher main road sides can be found since then in various cities again.

Description

House Under Bach was probably built in the time of the Carolingians. Probably for fear of the Hungarians, who almost completely burned the neighboring Gerresheim and its pin, the terrain was first expanded to 900 to the castle, a historical proof of this is, however. As a knight's seat is certified for the first time in 1169. Presumably, then in 1300 it came to today's massive expansion of attachment with rotating up to 1.20 meter thick walls, four towers with up to two meters thick walls and loopholes, surrounded by a wide moat.

Parts of the revolving wall and three of the towers are still preserved, namely a gate tower, a court tower and a round tower. Another round tower, the former dungeon, was torn down to the level of the mansion and integrated into this. Parts of the Zugbrückenmechanismus are also still get in the gate tower. Furthermore in the towers is still stored for further authentic Knight material. The towers are up to 9 meters in diameter and 10 meters high. Probably was one of them once more.

The garden of the castle and the surrounding terrain was by the famous landscape architect Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe (1775-1846) created, whose numerous works and the Düsseldorf's Hofgarten Park and the world famous King Avenue belong.

At home Under Bach was the site of sub- stream, including the 1975 divided by him subfield house. This emerges from a sale deed, in which the Court " Velthusen " ( = field house ) was sold by one of the gentlemen of the house sub- stream. From this sub-field house, which includes the territory of a former commander-in- house developed today. In the 18th century the court "Lower Field House " is detected, from which later developed today's tube mill.

In the past, the Knights of house under Bach came to not only protect the The.Unterbacher, but also the protection of the patron saint of Erkrather parish. The last time this ratio was in effect during the time of the Protestant church struggle in the period of National Socialism from 1933 to 1945, when Henry of Hymmen and his wife Margarethe her house illegal but denominational loyal Confessing church Erkrath / sub stream against the resistance of the majority German Christians for worship and Bible study website provided. Henry of Hymmen (1880-1960) was appointed in 1955 Erkrather honorary citizen because of his support of charitable institutions in sub- stream and Erkrath.

The Gallery of the Lords of House Under Bach and whose coat of arms are to be determined elsewhere in sub- stream on the war memorial. In the columns of the created by Joseph Hammerschmidt Memorial the names carved into the right order in time stone. The first of this series is also the namesake for sub- stream.

• Of Unterbeke 1170
• Of Elverfeldt 1450
• Quad 1467
• Of Waldburg 1545
• Of Dalwigk 1708
• Haren 1807
• Of Pestel 1819
• Of Plessen 1835
• Of Hymmen 1847

The direct descendants of the last men in the female strain ( Zech of Hymmen ) still live in the house sub- stream. At the time they leave the property in an elaborate measure according to old documents be returned to their historic condition. Recent studies revealed that the mansion probably not, as assumed so far dates from the 19th century, but due to a medieval rack - truss (vertical long oak beams support the house, the floors are it hung ) and aufgefundener Baroque floors must be far older. The moats and the park will be restored according to the old state with the help of landscape architect Henning von Ziegesar. This was due to a necessary lowering the water level two in the meantime forgotten weirs, a bridge dam made ​​of stone bricks from the house sub- stream itself, which was recorded on a Weyhe Plan of 1817 and another defense of the field of fire bricks, and a bottom outlet of oak, and stopper, comparable to the plugs discovered in a bathtub. In the mud of the moat also fragments of pottery were discovered from the period between the 15th and 17th centuries. Especially exciting was a victory Burger funnel neck cup with the arms of Margaret quad to Wickrathberg and Swan Mountain and Johann Wilhelm von Harf to Alsdorf and Geilenkirchen for the investigating researchers. Margaret and William were married in 1481, it must be either commissioned individually wedding mug.

Furthermore, it is currently still sought after called old chapel mentioned by Heimatgeschichtler Brors and some old documents from the 15th century, whose foundations were not found as before.

The still common cultural life of sub- stream and subfield house they are reliable partners such as for generations. They provide, for example, their site of The.Unterbacher population to carry out non-commercial events.

The coat of arms Dalwigk

Lieutenant General Raven Ludwig Freiherr von Dalwigk (1683-1754)

The landscape architect Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe