Schloss Hugenpoet

Essen, Germany. Located in Essen-Kettwig near the Ruhr, a moated castle set in its own landscaped park.

Schloss HugenpoetEssen, Germany

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Address: Hotel Schloss Hugenpoet
August-Thyssen-Straße 51
45219 Essen-Kettwig
Germany
Telephone: +49 2054 12040
Official website: www.hugenpoet.de
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36 individually designed rooms and suites spread over the castle, the Remise and the gatehouse.
Gourmet Restaurant 1831, the bistro in der Remise and the BARonie bar.
Eight event rooms, a Baroque black-marble staircase, Renaissance fireplaces and a landscaped castle park.
Located in Essen-Kettwig near the Ruhr, a moated castle set in its own landscaped park.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

778
The predecessor estate, the Nettelshof, is first recorded as a royal estate of Charlemagne.
1478
The first fortified castle of the Hugenpoet knights is stormed and burned in a feud of Duke John I of Cleves.
c. 1509
The knights build a new castle about 200 metres from the old site.
17 July 1647
After devastation in the Thirty Years’ War, Johann Wilhelm von Nesselrode and Anna von Winkelhausen begin rebuilding; works end in 1696.
1831
Friedrich Leopold von Fürstenberg buys the estate at auction; his descendants still own it.
1844 – 1872
August Lange and Heinrich Theodor Freyse remodel the castle in neo-Renaissance style and lay out the park.
1879
The Fürstenberg family moves its residence from Schloss Borbeck to Hugenpoet.
1955
After use by the Wehrmacht and as refugee housing, hotelier Kurt Neumann opens a hotel; a terrace had been added in 1954.
February 1985
The castle is listed as a historic monument.
1995
The Lübbert family takes over management; Erika Bergheim’s restaurant earns a Michelin star in 2009.
December 2013
Owner Maximilian Freiherr von Fürstenberg takes over the running of the hotel and restaurant.