Castle Knowledge was mentioned for the first time in a document dated January 28, 1372, because in that year Count Adolf von Kleve issued a letter of protection for the parish of Weeze, but at the same time the house of the official of Goch, Heinrich von der Straeten, (heren Henrix hues end Guede van der Straten) excluded. The von der Straeten family from Flanders received knowledge as a fief of the Xantener Viktorstift and chose it as their headquarters. In the same year the count also took the House of Knowledge under his protection.

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The first secure date of the knowledge castle goes back to the year 1370. Already at that time there was a bailey and a main castle; from this we conclude …

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Location: Weeze, Kreis Kleve, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Gravel path along the Niers River – Niers River Path loop from Xanten

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