Places like these remind us that there was a history in the Ruhr area before coal and steel, one that has very different associations than the 100 years or so …
"House Crange is a former moated castle in today's Herne district Crange. Duke Adolf II of Cleves built the moated castle, which was only accessible through a wooden drawbridge and …
The castle originated from an upper farm of the St. Pantaleon Monastery in Cologne, first documented in 1085. Its administrator was the von Eickel family, first documented in 1225. By …