Nierenhof, Manor estate in Velbert, Germany.

Nierenhof is a manor estate in Velbert featuring traditional German architecture spread across multiple structures. The property combines residential buildings with facilities for agricultural and commercial work set within a rural landscape.

The property originated as a feudal holding of the von Nederhove family and served as the founding settlement for the later Nierenhof neighborhood. This family shaped the area for centuries through their control and economic activities.

The name derives from the von Nederhove family, whose seat stood here until the line died out in the 15th century; Hellwich v. Nederhove is recorded in 1172 as a ministerialis of the Cologne church. In 1360 Gudeke Slugh von Nederhove received the estate in fief from Count Dietrich. The place gave its name to the whole Velbert district of Nierenhof.

The ensemble stands on the site Johann Peter Bachmann bought in 1757, on the main road through Nierenhof. The buildings have been privately restored as a multi-generation house since 2018 and are lived in, so visits are limited to viewing the street frontage: the two-storey timber-framed house on a rubble-stone base, the Ruhr sandstone outbuilding and the rock outcrop behind them.

The building was not on Velbert's monument list, and the owner filed a demolition request in 2013 to replace it with terraced houses. After media reports and citizen involvement, the Rhineland Landscape Association examined the site but declined to list it; the city council rejected the redevelopment plan. Vacant since 2014, the ensemble passed into family ownership in 2018 and is being restored as a multi-generation house.