Gut Bockum, Manor house in Bockum district, Meschede, Germany
Gut Bockum is a former knight's estate in the Bockum district of Meschede, close to the RuhrtalRadweg cycle path and the A46 motorway. Its buildings include a manor house with a re-roofed main building, a south wing that was sold to a roofing firm and bought back in 2005, and a Marienkapelle chapel whose historic altar was restored in 2006.
The estate was first documented in 1398 when it was home to the von Bockum family. Over the centuries it passed between several noble families before undergoing a major shift in use.
The estate chapel is dedicated to Mary and was extensively restored; its historic altar was restored in 2006 together with the heritage authority and now appears in its original form. The chapel belongs to the former knight's estate first recorded in 1398.
Gut Bockum lies in the Bockum district of Meschede, directly by the RuhrtalRadweg cycle path and close to the A46 motorway. The grounds and the Marienkapelle can be viewed on foot; parts of the buildings are rented commercially and the south wing is privately owned, so the estate is best explored from the public paths and the cycle route.
Until the late 1980s the estate housed the second plant of Sophie Stecker's knitwear factory; after it closed, the south wing was sold to a roofing firm and bought back in 2005 by M. Dameris, son of the owner. Until 2011 the outbuildings held his workshop for ecologically conceived wooden caravans.
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