Schöller Manor

The Schoeller Manor (also known as: Schoeller Lordship and Schoeller Dominion) is a vanished noble seat of the Lords of Schoeller in the Wuppertal district of Schoeller.

The keep and part of the castle wall are the last remaining remnants of the former Schoeler manor, which dates back to the late 12th century. The keep is now part of Gut Schoeller, has the address Zur Düssel 2, and is popularly known as the "Schinderhannes Tower".

The name Schoeler (today the spelling "Schoeller" is common) was first mentioned in 1182 in a document from the St. Gereon Collegiate Church in Cologne. The manor was a fief of Corvey Abbey and passed into the possession of the Counts of Berg in the 13th century. They pledged the castle and lordship to the Lords of Schoeller, who owned the castle until 1708. Among the most famous representatives of the family was the Bergian Marshal, Councillor, and Bailiff (1531–1546) of Solingen, Rüttger von und zu Schoeller.

Through Mechthild Maria Margaretha von und zu Schoeller († 1708), the manor came into the possession of the Counts of Schaesberg (later Schaesberg-Thannheim) in 1697 through marriage to Count Johann Friedrich Schaesberg, and the estate remains in their family possession to this day.

In the 18th century, the manor, with the exception of the keep, was demolished by Johann Friedrich Bernhard von Schaesberg. He wanted to use the site to build a new castle complex. However, this construction was not realized because Johann Friedrich died prematurely. Instead, Gut Schoeller was built by a later tenant.

The tower was damaged in a fire in 1988.