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Groß-Winkelhausen Estate

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Groß-Winkelhausen Estate

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Schloss Heltorf – Heltorf Castle Avenue loop from Gellep-Stratum

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03:00

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2. Schloss Heltorf – Hubertus Chapel loop from St.-Anna-Krankenhaus

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3. Hubertus Chapel – Gut Kesselsberg loop from Duisburg-Großenbaum

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02:28

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luktob07

April 8, 2023

Great manor house - there are still a few of these facilities on the Lower Rhine.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

January 22, 2024

"Groß-Winkelhausen (also Sonnenhof after the current owners) is a medieval knight's seat in the Düsseldorf-Angermund district on the Angerbach.

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The knight's seat was first mentioned in the 12th century. In 1271, a Johann de Zeppenheim was named as Lord of Winkelhausen. His seal shows a tar torch iron. In 1288 and 1290 Ludolf de Winkelhausen appeared as the owner of the knight's seat. In 1456, knight Hermann von Winkelhausen lived in the castle complex. He had two sons, Ludger and Johann, the former of whom was the owner of Winkelhausen in 1486. Ludger also inherited Kalkum Castle and moved the family headquarters there, so that Kalkum Castle was temporarily also called Haus Winkelhausen. In 1634 a Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von Winkelhausen appears as the owner of Winkelhausen. He was a bailiff in Düsseldorf.

In 1651, the Brandenburgers made a foray into Winkelhausen in the war against Louis XIV of France. The permanent house in Groß-Winkelhausen was badly damaged.

When Johann Wilhelm von Winkelhausen died in 1667, his daughter Johanna Maria Theresia inherited the house and the associated goods, including the sand mill and the oil mill. In 1655 she married Arnold Freiherr von Wachtendonk, who moved to Groß-Winkelhausen after her father-in-law's death.

In battles in 1689 and 1690, Winkelhausen received a garrison of 70 cavalry and 100 foot soldiers. When they left, the castle had suffered so badly that the state parliament approved a compensation sum of 600 Reichstalers. The damage caused by the French occupation in the First Silesian War in 1741 was also enormous. They were set at 16,481 Reichstalers.

Since the von Winkelhausen family died out in 1734, Groß-Winkelhausen, along with other properties, came to the Lords of Hatzfeld through the marriage of a niece of Johann Wilhelm. The estate has been managed by the Sonnen family since 1909 and by Karl and Ursula Sonnen since 2002.

Until the 19th century, the Stroetrecht (from “Stroet” for shrub, bushes, thicket) also belonged to the house. This was the right to keep wild horses in the forest between Duisburg and Düsseldorf, which was only granted to a few noble residences besides the Duke of Berg (Broich, Heltorf, Böckum, Haus zum Haus, Groß-Winkelhausen, Oefte and Landsberg). ..."

CONTINUED and FURTHER INFORMATION:

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rittersitz_Gro%C3%9F-Winkelhausen

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Groß-Winkelhausen Estate

1. Schloss Heltorf – Heltorf Castle Avenue loop from Gellep-Stratum

2. Schloss Heltorf – Hubertus Chapel loop from St.-Anna-Krankenhaus

3. Hubertus Chapel – Gut Kesselsberg loop from Duisburg-Großenbaum

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