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The history of Rüdesheimer Schloss and Sickinger Hof
| 1396 |
The Brömser family, one of Rüdesheim's noble clans, acquire a share of the church tithe |
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1400 |
The Brömser build cellars and ground floor of the Sickinger Hof as a tithe manor |
| 1409 |
Border stone between Drosselgasse, Steingasse and Schützengasse |
| 1591 |
Renovation of the private manor with stone masons's marks at the rennaissance portal |
| 1608 |
A tithe manor is mentioned in the Book of Founts in the Steingasse |
| 1619 |
Anne Leonore, sister of squire Heinrich, the last descendant of the Brömser family, marries Wilhelm von Metternich |
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1640 |
Her daughter Margarethe is wed to Baron Franz von Sickingen |
| 1668 |
By succession the tithe manor is owned by the Sickingen family |
| 17cent |
First residence of the officials of the prince elect on the site of the Rüdesheimer Schloss |
| 1714 |
Ernst Wolfgang Dickhöfer, Sickingen magistrate, lives in the Sickinger Hof |
| 1729 |
The Rüdesheimer Schloss is erected on the site opposite the Sickinger Hof |
| 1761 |
The barn housing the wine press at the Sickinger Hof is renovated |
| 1771 | The Schloss becomes the office of the archbishop and prince-elect of Mainz |
| 1796 | Treasure of french coins is hidden in the Schloss |
| 1803 |
The Schloss becomes the office of the Duke of Nassau |
| 1814 |
Johann-Wolfgang von Goethe pays a visit to the Schloss on the 15th of August as guest of the Nassau magistrate W. F. Götz |
| 1818 | Baron von Ritter takes over the Sickinger Hof |
| 1854 |
The Schloss becomes the revenue office of the duchy of Nassau royal prussian district administration (1884) and finally royal prussion forestry administration (1896) |
| 1929 |
Heinrich Merten renovates the Schloss and opens a wine bar and a small hotel "Zum Rüdesheimer Schloss" |
| 1944 |
Fire destroys the Schloss following an air raid on November 25th |
| 1952 |
Reconstruction and restaurant reopening on May 29th |
| 1993 |
After extensive transformation a hotel is inaugurated |
| 1998 |
Bernhard and Heinrich Breuer, the owners of the Schloss, acquire the Sickinger Hof from Baron Heinrich von Ritter zu Groenesteyn |
| 1999 |
The barn of the 'Sickinger Hof' housing the wine press is renovated and converted into a venue for conferences and festivities |
Breuer's Rüdesheimer Schloss
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