CastleMeerbusch

Pesch Castle

To be privately owned

Pesch Castle in Meerbusch, in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, is a historic hunting lodge characterized by its three-winged layout. Despite its location in a formerly Electoral Cologne territory, it always maintained its independence and was not subject to any feudal obligations.

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The estate was first mentioned in 1311 as Peschhof. In 1368, Knight Godert Knop transferred “Haus Pesch” to his wife. During the Cologne War in 1583, the then Pesch Castle was plundered and burned down, after which the manor house was rebuilt at a new location. In 1595, the property passed to Emmerich Hurth von Schöneck. Following inheritance disputes in the first half of the 17th century, the castle became the scene of skirmishes between Prussian and French troops in 1689 during the War of the Grand Alliance. Troop movements also occurred nearby in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. In 1794, the estate was again plundered and in 1795 burned down by French revolutionary troops.

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