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Düsseldorf District

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
Viersen
Tönisvorst

Gelleshof Manor and Berfes

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Gelleshof Manor and Berfes

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    January 25, 2022

    The Gelleshof is a farm and former manor in Kehn, in the town of Tönisvorst. The farm and its estate are listed as monuments No. 26 and 27 in the list of monuments in Tönisvorst. The farm, which was then known as Etgenhof, was first mentioned in 1346 as a fief of the Lords of Hüls. Kehn was the titular place of the Honschaft Kehn in the parish of Vorst in the district of Liedberg. Since the first name Geldorf was common among the von Hüls family, the name of the farm changed over the years to Gelleshof. After Ludwig von Danwitz married the heiress of the farm, Anna von Hüls, in 1584, the house passed to the Danwitz family, originally from Silesia, who owned the farm until 1922. The farm consisted of a manor house, farm buildings and a gatehouse, arranged in a rectangle. The complex was surrounded by a moat. The inner courtyard was reached via a drawbridge through the gatehouse. The Berfes was also completely surrounded by moats. Ludwig von Danwitz had a new house built while the Berfes continued to be used. Matthias von Danwitz restored the Berfes in 1719. In 1873 Peter Jakob von Danwitz built the red brick house in the courtyard. (Source: wikipedia.org)

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      January 25, 2022

      Nice yard with old buildings. We had a bench in front of the building that we used for a break.

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        July 16, 2020

        There is a Berfes (weir tower-like building) on the Gelleshof. There were 15 such weir buildings in the Kempen area.

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          Location: Tönisvorst, Viersen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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