Kasteel Genhoes was first mentioned in 1041. At that time it was probably just a fortified residential tower. In 1381 it was owned by a Johan van Alden-Valkenborch. Before 1444 it came into the hands of Jan 't Zievel. He left it to his son-in-law Hendrik van Ghoor. He or his son Willem probably built the current square tower and the west wing. The walls of the tower are around 1.6 meters thick. He also built a gate tower on the site of the current archway to the outer bailey, which has now disappeared. The castle may have been destroyed shortly before during the Burgundian Wars under Emperor Maximilian of Austria. This was followed by almost 150 years of family disputes and legal disputes, which led to the transfer of the castle to the King of Spain as Lord of the Southern Netherlands in 1661.
In 1701 the castle was bought by Georg Freiherr von Tunderfeld. He was born in Latvia and had served as a major general in the service of Emperor Leopold I of Austria. In 1749 the castle was sold again, but this time to Leonhard Thimus, a cloth manufacturer from Aachen. He built the front wing and the arched bridge on medieval foundations, creating the L-shaped castle we see today. Under the entrance there was a prison that was out of use in 1670. His son-in-law Johann Friedrich von Pelser, Lord of Berensberg, built the current U-shaped outer bailey. Source: www-spottinghistory-com.translate.goog/view/3916/genhoes-castle/?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=de&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=sc Please only enter the castle complex with the permission or invitation of the residents!
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