House Füchten

Haus Füchten, situated on a hill on the eastern slope of the Ruhrtal, geographically marks the transition area between the Soest Börde and the Sauerland, at the south-western foot of the Haarstrang.

The first documented mention of the estate dates back to 1298. After the demolition of the original castle complex around 1700, a castle was built on the hillside, to which a chapel wing was added in 1726. In 1834, Josef Caspar von Mellin acquired the estate and later initiated the Mellin Foundation, which was established in 1860. This private foundation used the premises of Haus Füchten for an agricultural school. The estate remained in the possession of the foundation for a long time before it passed into private ownership in the mid-1980s.

A tradition that has existed for around 150 years is the annual Füchten procession, which leads from Ense-Bremen to the castle on the Sunday after Corpus Christi and demonstrates the local cultural ties. As a testimony to its history and architectural development, Haus Füchten offers a glimpse of bygone eras in the region.