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

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    April 21, 2025

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    According to Krückhans, the ancestors of the von Holtey family rose to prominence as Frisian noblemen under Charlemagne and settled around 900 in the territory of the Essen Convent, in an area called "Holtoye" (Wood Island), from which they derived their name.
    The castle was built at the bottom of the Ruhr Valley, directly at a ford of a later silted-up branch of the Ruhr. The noble Lords of Holtey are mentioned as early as 1221; the court, which emerged from the ancestral seat of Holtey Castle, is first mentioned in 1486.
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    Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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