History
Wasserburg
Ratingen
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 Restaurant
Wasserburg Haus zum Haus
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The history of the Wasserburg Haus zum Haus
 Two important
trade ways, the Mousepath and the Hiliciway, crossed near Ratingen. The passage across the
streamlet Anger was protected by a palisade-protected castle called. "Motte."
This was totally destroyed by fire in the 12th century. Old findings have
proven that a stone castle was built in its place in 1276, around the time when the town
of Ratingen was founded, by a family called "zum Haus". This was surrounded by a
moat and additionally protected by four defence towers. In spite of numerous fires and
damage by war the structure of this fortress was essentially preserved up to the present.
This includes the cellar vaults of those days which are now housing our historic
wine-cellar.
During the gothic period it was the Marshall of the Duchy of Berg, Johann vom Haus, who made some structural changes to the castle, which is evidenced today by the Gothic style window reveals. Major expansions of the castle ´s living quarters, as well as the stables and barn, were done in the 17th century. When the architect Bruno Lambart took possession of the castle in 1973, major sections of the buildings were uninhabitable or destroyed. During nearly ten years of construction work the entire structure was restored from its foundations to the top. Today it is an important landmark of the town of Ratingen.
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