van Osnabrugge Genealogy

Castles and Manors 2

The Ossenbroich (Ossenbruch etc.) families lived in a variety of castles and manors. View the most important ones below.

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The van Ossenbroeck family had many estates and lands (Güter) in and around Kalkar.
In 1416 Gerit van Ossenbroeck gave much to his sons. Click gray arrow on the right for next slide

Kalkar
 
Castle Huyssen was situated west of the river Rhine, 8 km west of Zevenaar. Huissen was part of the Cleves Duchy.
Johan v. Ossenbroich (Schenk in Cleves) gave it as a dowry in the 1550 wedding of his daughter Genefeva with Degenhartt Hoese (Hase), bailiff at Linne (near Roermond).
The castle was demolished in 1723. The town of Huissen became Netherlandish territory in 1816.

Slot Huissen
 
Hohkeppel is situated in Nordrhein-Westfalen near the town of Lindlar. Since the Middle Ages the place was a Knight's Manor estate (German: Freiadligen Rittersitz). It consisted of extensive lands, a castel, farm and mill (in Lennefetal) and a castle keep (German: Bergfried). In the 16th Century it was aquired by the Ossenbroich family. Over the next centuries it was owned by various families. Part of the church tower is from the 12th Century, but the oldest homes still standing date from 1612 and later.

Hohkeppler Hof
 
Haus Dönhof is situated in a region, which is now incorporated in the town of Wetter (on the river Ruhr) in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The original estate was a Knight's Residence. It was a large U-shaped building complex, consisting of a mansion and an annex with wings, all surrounded by a moat. The House was first mentioned in 1303 as the property of Herbord de D nehove. In the 16th Century it was acquired by the von Ossenbroich family. In 1661 the property was registered as a Knight's manor (German: Rittersitz) in the name of Johann von und zu Ossenbroich und D nhof.
In 1841 the dilapidated buildings were torn down and a new half-timbered house was built.

Haus Dönhof
 
In 1587 Johan von Ossenbroich acquired Schloss Laufenberg in Wilhelmstein (D ren), together with its arable land, meadows and forests from the Duke of Berg.

Schloss Laufenburg
 
Haus Hain was a Knight's residence (German: Rittergut) and was first owned by Johann von Ossenbroech in ~1500. It went down from father to son and 3 generation later belonged to Johan van Ossenbroek (†1615), Lord of Blitterswijck. It was part of the royal court. Johan and then his widow did a lot of remodeling from 1611-1623.
In 1869 the property was acquired by the Carthusian monks and converted and extended into the Maria Hain monastery. The mansion was converted into a church. It was the first new branch of the Carthusian charter on German soil.

Haus Hain
 
Castle Blitterswijck was situated near the river Maas, east of Venray in the province of Limburg.
In 1594 Lord Johan van Ossenbroek acquired Blitterswijck through his marriage with Johanna van Lynden. After his death in 1615 it went back to the van Lynden family. In November 1944 it was destroyed by German soldiers. Click gray arrow on the right for next slide

Blitterswijck and Johan van O's tomb
 

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Possible Ossenbruch connection to:

Other Ossenbruch estates:

Other Ossenbruch estates, continued:

Land:
In addition, they had land in and around:
Cleves, Emmerich, Anholt, Beuningen, Aerdt, Doetichem, Doesburg, D sseldorf, Bochum, M nster, Venlo, Gennep, Zutphen, Culemborg to name a few.

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