North Rhine-Westphalia
Lower Rhine
Düsseldorf

castle Mickeln

Mickeln House is a manor house in 's Himmelgeist neighbourhood. It was erected in 1843 on the site of Haus Mickeln, which went back to 1210. As that building had been destroyed in a fire in 1836, Herzog Ludwig von Arenberg used an insurance payment to have renowned architect Josef Niehaus rebuild the manor as a summer residence.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: manor house
  • Also known as: “Mickeln House”, “Schloss Mickeln”, and “Schloß Mickeln”
  • Address: Alt-Himmelgeist 25, Düsseldorf, 40589
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Nikolaus and St. Hubertus.

Church
Photo: Chris06, Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 220 metres west of castle Mickeln.

Church
Photo: Wiegels, CC BY 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 720 metres east of castle Mickeln.

Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 km west of castle Mickeln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Himmelgeist and Düsseldorf-Itter.

Suburb
is a quarter of , part of Borough 9. It is an old village, which is dominated by agriculture until today. lies by the river Rhine, neighbouring to Flehe and .

Suburb
Itter is an urban quarter of , part of Borough 9. It is located near to the river Rhine, adjacent to Himmelgeist, and Reisholz. Its name comes from the small river called the Itter. Itter has an area of 2.58 km2, and 2,411 inhabitants.

Suburb
Photo: Marek Gehrmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holthausen is an urban quarter of , part of Borough 9. It is located south of Oberbilk, west of Reisholz, north of and east of and Himmelgeist.

castle Mickeln

Latitude
51.16615° or 51° 9′ 58″ north
Longitude
6.80704° or 6° 48′ 25″ east
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Inception
1843
Levels
3
Open location code
9F385R84+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 119298254
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6947826
Wiki­data ID
Q724257
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“castle Mickeln” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Schloss Mickeln”
  • German: “Schloss Mickeln”
  • Russian: “Замок Микельн”

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