Schloss Wickrath is a

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complex in Wickrath.Stefan Frankewitz: ''Der Niederrhein und seine Burgen, Schlösser, Herrenhäuser entlang der Niers''. Boss, Geldern 2011, , pp. 89–108. The castle is located on the river

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. The original castle, the so-called ''Chateau de Wyckradt'', was demolished in 1859 by the Prussian administration. The ensemble of buildings in the park, the

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west and east wing and the so-called ''Landstallmeisterhaus'', the residence of the former

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, which was built in 1875, is nowadays called "Schloss Wickrath". It was built between 1746 and 1772 by count

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. The park has the shape of a coronet of a count of the Holy Roman Empire. In 2002 the castle was part of Euroga2002.

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Historical data of Schloss Wickrath
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