Stüttgenhof Manor (Köln)

The first documented mention of Stüttgenhof, then known as "Villa Stute," occurred in 1271 when it was owned by the Teutonic Order Commandery of St. Katharina. In 1336, the estate passed to the Cologne patrician family Jude, who gave it as a wedding gift to their daughter Imagenia. Ownership changed hands multiple times. Parts of the land went to Brauweiler Abbey, while the farm itself was acquired by the Knights of Fischenich. In 1485, Daem von Fischenich was forced to sell the farm to the Cologne collegiate church of St. Gereon due to financial reasons. Under the collegiate church, Stüttgenhof was managed as a knight's fief and also served as a retreat for the canons, a so-called "Tusculanum." During the secularization under French rule, the estate was confiscated in 1802 and auctioned off in 1821. Adam Ploog acquired the farm, thereby establishing a family tradition of agricultural use that continues to this day.