Krickenbeck Castle

Krickenbeck Castle is located in Nettetal on the Lower Rhine, in the area of the Krickenbeck Lakes. The moated castle, which had been exposed to decay for a long time, was used as a conference venue for WestLB between May 1991 and August 2011.

Before the construction of the castle and its immediate predecessor castle at its present location, Krickenbeck Castle, also called alde Borch or Alt-Krickenbeck, was located about two kilometres south of the Nette. The first documented owner of this castle was Heinrich Graf von Krickenbeck, son of Count Gerhard II von Wassenberg, in 1104. The next verifiable count of Krickenbeck Castle was Reginar von Krickenbeck. His daughter Alveradis von Krickenbeck-Millendonk married Friedrich Graf von Berg-Altena. Their son Adolf I, Count of the Mark, Altena and Krickenbeck, sold the "Bona de Crikenbeke" in 1243 to his brother-in-law Otto of Guelders. On 3 March 1243, Count Otto of Guelders acquired it from Count Adolf of the Mark. At this point, the Old Castle seems to have already been destroyed or at least become uninhabitable, as it no longer finds any further mention.

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