Heiligenhoven Castle
Manor of Castle Heiligenhoven North View
The Heiligenhoven castle is located in Lindlar in Oberbergi Land, North Rhine -Westphalia.
History
It is a former castle, which in 1363 is mentioned for the first time. Today's system with bailey and surrounded by moats mansion dates from 1758 bis 1760th The name of the castle is derived from an old corridor designation, inghoven = Helling Hoven, the court in the slipway.
1425 the ownership was first mentioned, Heiligenhoven was owned by Johann van Eyckelinckhoyven, called de Wrede, Captain. 1461 acquired Aillff of Eyckelynckhoyven, called de Wrede the Good upper Heiligenhoven. In 1573 it moved again to the owners, it went to Mr and Mrs William of Steinrod. It remained there until 1663, this family owned, then it was on 2 June 1663 transferred to the cousin of the family, Adolf Schenck of Niddegen. He died of the plague in 1666, his grave stone is embedded in the masonry of the Lindlarer St. Severinus 's Parish Church.
1748 acquired Johann Joseph von Brück Imperial Knight, mayor of the Office Steinbach, the Good. He built a new mansion. In the 19th century Westphalian noble family of the Barons von Furstenberg bought the property. After 1925 lived on Heiligenhoven Fernandine Theresa Baroness von Furstenberg, which was caused, forced by the economic situation generally poor, individual plots of land of the former manor for sale.
The castle was bought in 1928 by the county Wipperfuerth, which carried out the reduction of unemployment relief work. This large forest areas were cleared, on which arose the farms Eibachhof, Krähenhof, Tannenhof, Wiedfeld, Nußbüchel, Dutztal, In ancient Hau, Kesselberg and Weiersbachhof. During the time of National Socialism, the castle served as a warehouse for the Reich Labor Service, then by 1940 the country service as accommodation. From 11 July 1943 until April 14, 1945, the Cologne district military commands were housed in the castle.
In 1956, the castle was sold to the Adam - Stegerwaldstraße Foundation, which converted it into a recreation center. 1973 burned down the mansion and was completely rebuilt shortly afterwards in neo-baroque design. Today the castle is owned by the Regional Association of the Rhineland, houses the administration of the LVR- open-air museum Lindlar and can be rented for seminars and meetings. The student hostel in the listed bailey, school classes enabling a multi -day stay Museum is temporarily moved to the grounds of the LVR- open-air museum Lindlar. Since May 2012 she is in the Good Dahl at the north gate of the museum area and is wheelchair accessible.
Castle Park
The public, the castle park of Schloss Heiligenhoven was created around 1800 in the style of an English landscape park. In the charming countryside surroundings of the park there is a pond and several very old trees. A beautiful hiking trail (5 minutes) leads from here to the LVR- outdoor museum Lindlar.
The castle park