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Driving around it is not possible due to the bridge being closed in 2024.

Interesting art exhibition in the studio Art in the Pool

The Aspel house is located about 3,000 meters northeast of Rees-Haldern and is considered an example of castle and palace history spanning more than a thousand years. A stone castle was built in the 12th century from an earth mound castle (motte type) built around 950. This castle became a moated castle almost 500 years later under Prussian influence in the 17th century. Visible today is a baroque, two-wing palace complex on the site of the former outer bailey. The builder of the first stone castle was Count Palatine Richzio. Other owners: Archbishops of Cologne, the von Wittenhorst - Sonsfeld family (after 1686) and the congregation of the "Daughters of the Holy Cross" (since 1850). In 1850, the order "Daughters of the Holy Cross" from Liège (Belgium) bought the manor house. They followed a call to the hospital in the city of Rees. A monastery, novitiate and lyceum were set up in the castle. During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs and shells. After the war ended, it served as a military hospital and hospital before the school was reopened in 1946. In 1972 the monastery and school were separated. Today the Spiritual Center of the Daughters of the Holy Cross is located there, a place of silence, prayer and encounters. After almost 172 years, the story of the Daughters of the Holy Cross in Haus Aspel in Rees-Haldern will come to an end in 2022.

Nice place for a coffee break.

The smallest of the six preserved defensive towers of the Xanten city wall appears rather inconspicuous at first glance and was affectionately called "the little tower on the West Wall" by its former resident. The round tower, built of brick with a gable roof, nestles against the city wall from the outside and is now called the Weberturm in reference to an old street name and the mysterious lost Webertor. For decades, local historians have tried to locate the Webertor mentioned in old documents. To this day, it is not clear whether the foundations of the little tower actually preserve part of the gate. The eventful construction history goes back to the end of the 14th century, when Xanten received its stone city wall with defensive ramparts. These were later converted into kitchen and ornamental gardens. The old defensive towers, including the Weberturm, were partly converted into pretty garden houses. There were not only glorious times. During the Second World War, the basement served as an air raid shelter. Before the surroundings were completely redesigned in 1985, the tower belonged to a nursery and had been surrounded by greenhouses and tool sheds since the 1950s. Since 1974, a private individual has been caring about preserving the building and lived there until old age. Today, the tower shines in new splendor and can be used publicly for cultural purposes. As part of the redesign of the spa park, the building was completely renovated and extensively restored. On two floors, the simple, high-quality rooms offer space for exclusive events for up to twelve people. The name says it all: In the weaver's tower, filigree word structures can be spun at readings, conferences and lectures. The CULTURE TOWER on the West Wall.

The Winnenthal house, also known as Winnenthal Castle and Winnenthal Castle, is a castle complex between Unterbieren and Alpen-Veen

The eventful building history goes back to the end of the 14th century.

Already in the early 14th century there was a castle above an old arm of the Rhine in the parish of Bislich, called Diersfordt, which belonged to the Lords of Hesse. Their successors, the Lords of Wylich, consistently expanded the complex as the center of a magnificent residence with three towers. The granary called Porthaus from 1432 still bears witness to this today. The residential castle itself had to give way to a palace in the 18th century. Conversion to the two-tower palace began in 1776 and was completed a good twenty years later. This castle burned down completely on December 21, 1928. The remains were broken off. The cornerstone of today's single-tower palace, designed by the Duisburg architect Wilhelm Weimann, was laid in August 1929. The inauguration was celebrated in August of the following year. At the end of the Second World War, the castle was damaged by shell fire. Shortly after the war, when the British military commander was billeted there, the house and tower received the temporary roofs that are still in place today. Today the castle is privately owned by the Beichert family and can be rented for festivities or conferences.