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 The
castle Odenkirchen
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The first mention of the
family name is in 1106. A count "
Herimannus de Udenkircha " and
its brother " Arnoldus
". (the document, which originates
allegedly from the year 1028 and is mentioned
in a " Christianus de Hudenkichen
", is most likely a falsification
developed in the 12th Century)
Around 1150 the Cologne archbishop
Arnold II. bought the castle
Odenkirchen, which was created probably as
moth system with a timber construction at
that time. (see extra information), This was
after a donation or conveyance on the part of
the hereditary daughter Udilhildis of
Arnstein, Emperor Friedrich Ith
Barbarossa acknowledged the purchase
" castellums of the Udenkirchen "
on 14 June 1153 Cologne archbishop.
Starting from 1153 the
castle counts ,who came from a
Cologne aristocracy family, were
representatives of the Cologne archbishop.
Around 1321 the castle Odenkirchen began a
new building of the castle, which was
converted to a typically niederrheinischen
water castle (viz. lock Rheydt).
By marriage of the female
heiresses the Castle was in the possession
of:
to the family of
Hoemen (1392 - 1502),
of nail
(1502 to 1509),
from Flodorp (Vlodorp,
1531 to 1564),
of Boetzelaer (1572
to 1636) and finally on to
Maximilian of
Bronkhorst,
from that the Cologne
archbishop however in 1637 transfered the
castle to the famous rider general January
van Werth. After his death in 1652
the Castle went to the family Raitz of
Frentz.
in 1694 Maximilian of
Merode, Marquis of Westerloo,
the grandchild of the Maximilian of
Bronkhorst, the castle Odenkirchen
was awarded.
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All that remains are
an old gate elbow, remainder of a formerly trutzigen
castle system. The masters of this castle were already
mentioned as a count von Odenkirchen in the year 1028
urkundlich. How the castle looked, shown on the image of
a wall carpet, which is in the care of the prince of
Merode in Brussels. Their ancestor was in the first half
18. Century owners of the castle and ruled Odenkirchen.
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Castle Odenkirchen about 1701
The property attached to the castle
Odenkirchen included not only the castle mill, but also
numerous gardens, shrubs, Benden, hereditary breaks and
the fish weir. The largest of the tree gardens was the
Burgbongert in the area of the upper castle .
The expanded forest and shrub surfaces
of the castle amounted in 16th Century on approx. 250
mornings country. In Odenkirchen were the Pixbusch
and the carpenter shrubs, in whose
place today the High School and the zoo
are. (the zoo became 1956 of Dr. Emil Moesgen,
Willy cock, Norbert Hilgers, Theo Breuer, Heinz Kohnen,
Karl Otten and Ernst Heinen based
and 1959 after the completion opens.)
Further well-known areas in the glory
Odenkirchen were the paper mill , the
Elsterkaul, the oil mill , the
Lohhausbruch, the Tuerkenbueschgen,
the Buschkesberg, the Weydtbusch, the
fordeste , the Haen , the
Lybergs Hentgen, the new workstation,
the Haicksteiner Heydt, the old
Kaulen , the Limiker and the
Lyken .
Also numerous Benden
(enclosed meadows) and hereditary breaks
(with trees and unterholz bewachsenes area) were in the
possession of the castle.
Finally there were also large,
fish-rich weir in Odenkirchen,
on which today only the "bath
hotel badhotelweiher" exists.
Timeline
| approx.
10,000 v.Chr. |
Settlementsettlement settlement (finds
on the Kamphausener height and in Muelfort) |
| 53 v. Chr.
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Destruction that here resident Eburonen
by Caesar |
| b. approx.
400 n. Chr. |
Nodal point of Roman army routes in
Muelfort |
| around 500
n. Chr. |
Franconia in our homeland (Salhoefe,
Muelgau) |
| around 800
n. Chr. |
Saxonia colony with Odenkirchen under
Karl the large one |
| 1028 |
first documentary mention (count
Christianus de Hudenkirchen) |
| 1153 |
Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa
acknowledges the possession of the castle and
glory Odenkirchen Cologne archbishop to the
Arnold II. |
| 1153-1391 |
Castle count von Odenkirchen as leaning
carriers of the archbishop to Cologne |
| 1365-1391 |
Gerhard V. of Odenkrichen (robbery
knight nuisance) |
| 1391-1501 |
Castle count from the sex of Hoemen |
| 1502 |
Heinrich of nail, gentleman to
Odenkirchen |
| 1503-1564 |
Castle count von Flodrop |
| 1572-1636 |
Castle count von Botzelaer |
| 1637-1652 |
January van Werth, master of the castle |
| 1652 |
Raitz of Frentz |
| 1694 |
Maximilian of Merode Westerloo |
| 1701 |
Fire disaster in Odenkirchen |
| 1745 |
Odenkirchen changes into the direct
possession of the cure prince Clemens August of
Cologne |
| 1755/57 |
Building of the Evangelist church |
| 1801 |
Frenchman rule in Odenkirchen |
| 1805 |
Auction of the castle; in private
property |
| 1856 |
Odenkirchen receives municipal rights |
| 1872 |
Castle association |
| 1890 |
Building of the catholic parish church
St. Laurentius |
| 1920 |
Kath. Pfarrgemeinde acquires the castle |
| 1929 |
Incorporation in Moenchengladbach |
| 1933 |
Rheydt Odenkirchen |
| 31.8.1943 |
Fliegerangriff, destruction of many
buildings |
| 1975 |
Incorporation to Moenchengladbach:
Urban district Odenkirchen |
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