House Kotten

Haus Kotten is a manor house in Bösperde ). It dates back to a manor from the 13th century. The current building dates back to the 17th century and has been a listed building since 7 March 1983.
The beginnings of the manor of Haus Kotten date back to the 13th century. The lower aristocratic von Kotten family is attested from 1259 to 1383. After that, the house and the associated lands were owned by the von Werninghaus family. Through the marriage of a Werninghaus daughter, the house came into the possession of Caspar von Schwansbell zu Arden in 1591 and through the marriage of his daughter in 1623 to Arnold von Freisendorf zu Opherdicke. In 1755 it was inherited by the von Tork family. In 1785, a Mr. von Nunum-Dücker and his wife Marianne von Berswordt acquired the property. Marianne married Ferdinand von der Becke in her second marriage, who sold the manor to the Baron von Elverfeldt-Villigst in 1882. By inheritance, it then passed to Viktor Freiherr von Rheinbaben of Haus Ruhr. His daughter Elisabeth Freiin von Rheinbaben married Hans Dietrich von Gemmingen-Steinegg in 1900. Since then, the building has been owned by the von Gemmingen-Steinegg family.

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