Community and conference center for seniors
ManorLeverkusen-Wiesdorf
Büchel Castle
The Doktorsburg, also known as Haus Büchel or Oberbüchel, is a former moated castle, later a manor house and today a mansion in the Leverkusen district of Wiesdorf (Rathenaustraße 63) in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The moated castle was first mentioned around 1171 and was, among others, owned by Abraham Schaaffhausen.
In 1540, Dr. Jakob von Omphal acquired the property and used it as a fortified manor, the "Doktorsburg". In 1682, the mansion was rebuilt by Baron von Merode, Commander of the Teutonic Order, and in 1910 it came into the possession of the municipality of Wiesdorf.
In the 1930s, the Doktorsburg was to be converted into a local history museum. However, the work that had already begun had to be stopped by a decree from Bernhard Rust, the Reich and Prussian Minister for Science, Education and Public Instruction.
Today, the Doktorsburg mansion serves as a "House for Older Citizens", a meeting and conference place for seniors.
Description+
The former moated castle was surrounded by moats fed by two streams, the Mühlenbach which branched off from the Dhünn here, and the Mutzbach, which today runs underground here.
A site plan from 1820/39 in the original cadastre shows that the castle included a main castle and an outer bailey separated by a moat. The still existing mansion was placed under monument protection on March 16, 1987.
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