House Wage

Haus Lohn is located in the middle of the idyllic centre of Südlohn, in the immediate vicinity of the Schlinge. The manor was first mentioned in a document in 1357. It once served as the ancestral seat of a collateral line of the influential family of the Counts of Lohn. In 1785, Franz Joachim von Loen built a new late classicist house on the site of the old building, the core of which still corresponds to the present Haus Lohn. Today the estate is privately owned, so a visit is only possible from the outside with a little distance.

• House Lohn is privately owned. An interior tour is not possible.
• An exterior tour is possible at a distance.

Haus Lohn was once the ancestral seat of a collateral line of the influential family of the Counts of Lohn. It is not known exactly when the estate, picturesquely situated on the Schlinge River, came into being. It was first mentioned in a document in 1357 as a knight's manor capable of holding a parliament.

Around 1700, the von Lohn family split into different lines. The last owner, Franz Joachim von Lohn, was so heavily in debt that he had to sell the estate at auction in 1797. Shortly after 1785, however, he had a new house built on the site of the old, dilapidated one. The five-axis building, surrounded by a moat, is today considered the only early classicist noble residence in the district of Borken.

After a fire in 1837, the building was extended by one storey and the outer walls were whitewashed. The entrance door at the front is highlighted by sandstone surrounds, a small staircase and the narrow central risalite rising above it. Above the entrance is the coat of arms of the Belgian noble family Looz-Corswarem, who owned the house from 1841 to 1856. The Latin inscription reads: POTIUS MORI QUAM PAEDARI, translated: Better die than submit.

In 1856, Haus Lohn became the property of Anton Heinrich Büscher. His youngest daughter married Bernhard Franz Geuking in 1907. Today, the estate is owned and occupied by his descendants. A visit is therefore only possible from the outside with a little distance.