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The castle old person village lies in castle old person village. These quarters of meal is appropriate south for the Ruhr.

The original castle plant was built around 1180 in the Roman style. It consisted since more jeher of fore-castle and main castle. The fore-castle formed for irregular rectangle, which possessed military towers at all four corners. The main castle, an apartment tower (Donjon, approx. 22 m highly with basic dimension of 12 m x 13 m), was surrounded by a Bermemauer.

Pre and main castle surrounded (water ditches), which was fed over a wooden line from one approx. 800 m removed watercourse. One reached the fore-castle by means of a of the east. A further connected fore-castle and main castle.

A stair tower, at the north side apartment tower outside cultivated, created entrance to the upper floors. The later cellar (read out) was to be achieved originally the ground floor and by means of an entrance at the south side of the tower. The original three floors became both with the change in the gothical style (over 1400) and in the style of the Renaissance (over 1540, enlargement of the fore-castle, new polygonal stair tower) changed and to five increases. Beginnings of the are still present. The conclusion stone, in which the ribs ended, lies in the cellar of the castle. In apartment tower and farm buildings of the fore-castle a multiplicity of old fire-places is visible.

The castle was inhabited by Ministerialen; originally here the Mr. von Altendorf sat. They were in services of the Essener and the counts of the Mark. Over 1400 became the Mr. von Vittinghoff Schell by marriage castle gentlemen and remained it until approx. 1600. The following Erbteilung brought a strong splintering of the possession, whereby it came 1629 to the to a Capitain lack man. In the possession its inheriting the castle remained until approx. 1850.

Then she came into the possession of the municipality old person village Ruhr excavations took place in the years 1960 and 1969. To the incorporation 1970 the castle came into the possession of the city meal.

Despite the current restoration an inspection of the plant and the tower is possible since June 2005. In the tower a spiral stair leads on a prospect platform. There a far view is possible on the Essener city center and on the neighbour cities. The homeland and castle association meal castle old person village offer castle guidance on each first Saturday in the month from April to Octobers at 15 o'clock.

See also: List of the castles and manor-houses in the Ruhr district, list of the objects of interest in meals

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