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Boetzelaer Castle

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Boetzelaer Castle, a moated castle with origins in the 13th century, stands in Kalkar-Appeldorn in the district of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia. Situated on an old arm of the Rhine, it was once the ancestral seat of a knightly family in the Lower Rhine region.

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The von Boetzelaer family, descended from the Counts of Galen, was first documented in 1256 and was one of the noble families in the region during the 13th and 14th centuries. Their castle, first mentioned in 1265, was strategically located in the County of Kleve, leading to conflicts with the Counts of Kleve. To maintain their independence, the Boetzelaers formed alliances, including with the Archdiocese of Cologne. When Rutger III von Boetzelaer pledged the castle as a fief to the Archbishop of Cologne in 1379, he became entangled in feuds between Cologne and Kleve, was captured in 1380, and accused of inciting murder in 1390. A siege in 1395/96 led to the castle's capture by Adolf von Wylich.

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