In 1757, Carl Ludwig Anton von Rolshausen began the construction of a new, Baroque schloss, probably designed by Michael Leveilly, then the French court architect of the Electorate of Cologne.

Open-cast brown-coal mining in the region was expanded around 1890, and the Hoensbroichs participated in the business, making the erection of a chapel possible.

[2] In 1979, the family, then headed by Count Godehard von und zu Hoensbroech, had to leave the house for safety.

It was built by Franz-Eugen von Hoensbroech as a memorial for his wife Hermenegilde, née Gräfin Wolff-Metternich zu Gracht, who had died young from tuberculosis.

[1] The chapel is dedicated to St. Elisabeth, who was a popular patron saint for Christian nobility who felt obliged to perform charitable acts for the public good.

[1] The architect kept the facade neo-Baroque, matching the main building, but based the interior on Romanesque models, with rich decorations.

Paintings for walls and ceilings were created by Franz Guillery, mosaics by the Cologne workshop Peter Bayer, and furnishings were designed by the sculptor Wilhelm Albermann and the goldsmith Gabriel Hermeling.