Estate management of a baroque moated castle with forestry and agriculture, events and holiday offerings
Gutsverwaltung Schloss Neuenhof
Lüdenscheid (Elspe valley)New on Amplifa
About Schloss Neuenhof
The estate management of Schloss Neuenhof operates a baroque moated castle in the Elspe valley south of Lüdenscheid. The complex, whose origins date back to the 14th century, is an important architectural and cultural monument of the region and has been sustained and preserved by sustainable forest management for 20 generations. Operations include forestry with hunting as well as agriculture. Since 2019, the family Graf von dem Bussche-Kessell has run the estate with a diverse programme of events and culture as well as holidays at the castle. The interior of the castle cannot be visited, as the complex is inhabited by the owner.
- Site
- Lüdenscheid
- Processes
- Forestry, Agriculture, Events, Holidays at the Castle (vacation on the farm), Cultural events
- Materials
- Forestry, Agriculture
- Founded
- 1326
- Industries
- Forestry and Agriculture, Tourism/Events
- 01
Forestry and Agriculture
- 02
Events and Culture
- 03
Holidays at the Castle
Operations and Offerings
Forestry
Sustainable forest management has sustained and preserved the castle complex for 20 generations.
Agriculture
Civil use of the estate management alongside forestry administration.
Locations
Schloss Neuenhof
DEMoated castle, estate management, forestry and agriculture
- Materials
- Forestry and Agriculture
Offerings
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1326
First documented mention; originally a fortified castle complex
- 1643
New construction of the main house by Steffen von Neuhoff
- 1693–1695
Fire of the main house; reconstruction with extensions (corner pavilions/towers)
- 1714
Elisabeth Josina von Neuhoff marries Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Christian von Bottlenberg
- 1746
Construction of the central risalit
- 1808
New construction of the northern outer bailey
- 1820
The last permanently resident von Bottlenberg dies unmarried; heir: Julius Clamor von dem Bussche-Ippenburg
- 1840
Elevation to Count von dem Bussche-Ippenburg called von Kessell
- 1943–1944
Accommodation of prisoners of war and forced labourers in the forestry operation
- 1945ff
Parts of the manor seized by the Belgian military command
- 1974
Alhard Count von dem Bussche-Kessell takes up permanent residence in the castle again
- 2019
Management by the young family with a new programme of events and culture