Gut Stockhausen, Historical estate in Meschede, Germany.
Gut Stockhausen is a knight's estate (Rittergut) in the Stockhausen district of Meschede in the Hochsauerlandkreis. It was the ancestral seat of the Westphalian noble family Stockhausen and was first mentioned in a document in 997 as the centre of about 20 farms. The main house, outbuildings and chapel form a single ensemble.
First documented in 997, the estate served as the ancestral seat of the Westphalian noble family Stockhausen for many centuries. The property experienced pivotal events in the 1940s that connected it to broader European history.
The estate was the ancestral seat of the Westphalian noble family Stockhausen, whose name it carries. Ludwig von Stockhausen rose in the 16th century as rentmeister and Gograf for Kaspar von Fürstenberg, Landdrost of the Duchy of Westphalia, and his marriage brought the family extensive lands. A local legend tells that Hunoldus, the previous owner, was executed with his twenty sons, only the youngest surviving.
The estate offers multiple event spaces, including a festival hall that can accommodate up to 150 guests with proper furnishings. The romantic courtyard is suitable for outdoor activities in good weather and provides a pleasant setting for visitors to explore.
On 25 August 1945, US troops arrested Franz von Papen, Hitler's vice-chancellor from 1933 to 1934, at Gut Stockhausen, which belonged to his son-in-law Max von Stockhausen. Papen had been staying there after the war's end; he was later tried at Nuremberg and acquitted in 1946.
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