Castle Haag (german: Schloss Haag) was a

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in the

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region of

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. It is located in

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in the district of

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. It is owned by the

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family.

History

In 1337, the castle is mentioned for the first time. The

family acquired the castle in 1613 and it became their main residence instead of

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itself. The family still owns it. The castle had many famous visitors like the Prussian king

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, the French emperor

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in 1804, the Russian emperor

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in 1814, and

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in 1863. The castle is today the home of the Hoensbroech family and the center of a golf club.

Description

The castle consisted of a manor house and two outer buildings. The manor house has been rebuilt in baroque style between 1662 and 1664, and in

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style in 1876/ 1877, but was finally destroyed by an allied bombing during the Second World War. Today only the outer buildings remain. A description of the life of the fervently

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noble family in the castle in the second half of the 19th century is given in the translation by

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of Count Paul von Hoensbroech's autobiography.''Forty Years a Jesuit'', English translation by

, Cassell & Co., vol. 1, 1911.

Bibliography

* Rien van den Brand,

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(Hrsg.): ''Das Findbuch zum Archiv Schloss Haag. Einführung - Regesten - Siegel - Register.'' Geldern/Goch 2008 (''Geldrisches Archiv 10. Stichting Historie Peel-Maas-Niersgebied''. Nr. 20). *

Paul Clemen Paul Clemen (31 October 1866 – 8 July 1947) was a German art historian known in particular for his large inventory of monuments in the Rhineland area, many of which were destroyed or severely damaged in World War II. Clemen was born in Leipz ...

(Hrsg.): ''Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Geldern'' (= ''

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''. Band 1, Abt. 2). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1891, S. 166–170
PDF
63 MB). * Ferdinand G. B. Fischer: ''Ausflugsziele am Niederrhein. Schöne Burgen, Schlösser und Motten.''

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, Bottrop 2000, , S. 24–25. * Gregor Spor: ''Wie schön, hier zu verträumen. Schlösser am Niederrhein''. Pomp, Bottrop, Essen 2001, , S. 38–39. *

References

External links

The Golf Club in Schloss Haag
Water castles in North Rhine-Westphalia Castles in North Rhine-Westphalia Buildings and structures in Kleve (district) {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub