Can you visit Haus Venauen?

No, the building is now divided into private apartments and is not open to the public, it can only be viewed from outside.

Where does the name Venauen come from?

It derives from Finawen, meaning marshy meadow, referring to the land near the Sülz river where the building was first erected in 1555.

Why is there an eagle sculpture in the courtyard?

It was installed in 1938 when the site served as a Nazi party training school, and it remains today as a protected relic of that period.

Did Haus Venauen have other uses besides being a residence?

Yes, it housed a Nazi party school from 1938 to 1945 and later a Belgian boarding school from 1950 into the 1960s, before being converted into apartments.

Haus Venauen

Rösrath

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Haus Venauen stands in Rösrath (Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Haus Venauen stands in Rösrath, in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Its history goes back to 1555, when Peter von Bellinghausen began building a residence near the Sülz river, on marshland that gave the estate its name. Ownership passed through several noble and later bourgeois families, and the most significant transformation came in 1907, when architect Heinrich Müller-Erkelenz reshaped it into a grand villa in the regional style fashionable at the time. The building later served as a Nazi party training school, then as a Belgian boarding school, before being converted into private apartments in the early 2010s.

What to know

Haus Venauen is now divided into private apartments and cannot be visited inside.
The building is listed as a Baudenkmal in North Rhine-Westphalia.
An eagle sculpture erected in 1938 in the inner courtyard, a remnant of the site's Nazi-era use, is also part of the protected structure.
There are no opening hours or admission fees since the site is a private residential property, so only viewing from outside is possible.
The estate lies near the Sülz river, a short distance from Schloss Eulenbroich, also in Rösrath.

Where this château is

Rösrath · Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Venauen 7, 51503 Rösrath

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Can you visit Haus Venauen?: No, the building is now divided into private apartments and is not open to the public, it can only be viewed from outside.
Where does the name Venauen come from?: It derives from Finawen, meaning marshy meadow, referring to the land near the Sülz river where the building was first erected in 1555.
Why is there an eagle sculpture in the courtyard?: It was installed in 1938 when the site served as a Nazi party training school, and it remains today as a protected relic of that period.
Did Haus Venauen have other uses besides being a residence?: Yes, it housed a Nazi party school from 1938 to 1945 and later a Belgian boarding school from 1950 into the 1960s, before being converted into apartments.