An impressive Gräftenhof is the former Hof Schulte Steinhorst. He once had jurisdiction in the peasantry, a horse had to be kept for the princely hunt, and together with Schulze …

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Farms surrounded like islands by a wide moat – the so-called moat – are typical elements of the cultural and settlement landscape of the Münsterland region. Only large farmers, such as the Schulten or Schulzen farms, could afford a moat to protect their property, for example, from gang raids, and often, in imitation of noble estates, as a prestige object.

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