The Staël von Holstein family residences are palaces, castles and houses which are, or were, occupied by members of the Staël von Holstein family in Europe.

Over more than eight centuries the Staël von Holstein family has held landed estates across Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe. From their medieval seat at Holstein Castle in the Bröl valley, the family accumulated dozens of castles and fortified manors across the Rhineland and Westphalia. From the late 15th century, after entering the service of the Livonian Order, members acquired estates in Livonia, Estonia, and Ingria; later branches held property in Sweden and across the Russian Empire.

Most of the holdings were lost in stages: the Ingrian and Livonian estates through the Great Northern War (1700–1721), the Rhenish and Westphalian estates with the extinction of the German branches in the 19th century, and the Baltic and Russian estates through the land reforms that followed the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917–1921.

Rhineland and Westphalia

From the medieval period onward the family held numerous castles and fortified manor estates across the Rhineland and Westphalia, from the Bröl and Sülz valleys to the County of Mark and the Osnabrück region. Holstein Castle (Bröltal, near Nümbrecht), the ancestral seat, destroyed late 13th century; survived by Holstein Castle Mill (Kuchenheim, Euskirchen), held 13th century Berghausen Castle (, near Langenfeld), held c. 1282–1433 Schleidt Castle (Monheim am Rhein), attested 1282 Oustorp Castle, attested 1285 Graven and Lanquit Manors (), held c. 1281–1566 Pesch Manor (, Cologne), attested 1342 Mutzenrath Castle (Stommeln), held 1374–c. 1563 (Kettwig), held 1387–c. 1582 (Dahlhausen), held c. 1380s–c. 1520s Eulenbroich Castle (Rösrath), held c. 1388–1762; now a civic cultural center (Lohmar), held c. 1396–1547

(Lohmar), held c. 1259–c. 1363

Steinbüchel Castle (), attested 1429 Hardenstein Castle (Witten), held c. 1439–1525; now a maintained ruin Sutthausen Castle (Osnabrück), held c. 1438–1848; now a Franciscan convent

Nergena Castle (Goch), held 14th century Hof Beckmann (Bochum), acquired 1452; now part of Ruhr University Bochum (Witten), held 1455–1732

Heisingen Castle (Essen-Heisingen), held c. 1458–1696

Kliff Manor (near Hattingen), attested 1470 Uedem Manor, attested 1478 Eschmar Manor (Troisdorf), attested 1485 Mühlfurt Manor (Grevenbroich), held c. 1481–1563 (Velbert-Neviges), attested 1497

(Hagen), held 1497–1659 Rheidt Manor (Niederkassel), held c. 1500–c. 1547 Ickern Castle (, near Dortmund), held 1500s–c. 1580 Gensind and Halswigk Manors, held 1505 – c. 1600s; enfeoffed by Werden Abbey to Robert Staël von Holstein Bergheim Manor (, Troisdorf), held 1512–1520 Stael Manor, near Roisdorf (Bornheim), attested 1577 Vortlage Manor (near Lengerich), attested 1580 (), held 1601–1702

Eulenburg Manor (near Bensberg), held 1650–1709 (Schwelm), held 1659–1724; now the municipal museum of Schwelm

(Ennepetal), attested 1699 Sauernbach Manor, attested 1766 Sechtem Manor (Bornheim), held 1780–1807

Wulften Manor (Osnabrück), held 1782–1848

Nette Manor (near Osnabrück), attested 1788 Rheine Manor, held 1807–1823 Berensterz Manor (Wermelskirchen) and Schönholthausen, dates uncertain Livonia and the Baltic

From the late 15th century the family held numerous estates across Livonia, Ingria, and the Baltic Governorates, first as vassals and officers of the Livonian Order and later under Swedish and Russian rule. Estonia Torma and Ubja Manors (near Wesenberg, Lääne-Viru County), held c. 1487–1511

Meks Manor, now Ravila (Kose Parish, Harju County), held c. 1500–1527

(Martna Parish, Lääne County), held 16th century , now Roosna-Alliku (Järva County), held c. 1500–1527 (Vaivara Parish, near Narva), held 17th century until lost in the Great Northern War and (Vaivara Parish, near Narva), held 17th century until lost in the Great Northern War Goldina (Vaivara Parish, near Narva), held 17th century until lost in the Great Northern War Anija Manor (Hannijöggi), now Anija (Harju-Jaani Parish, Harju County), held 1671–1840

(Jõelähtme) (Harju County), held with Anija, 1671–1840 (Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County), held 1735–1769

(Harju County; adjunct of Kotzum from 1769), held 1769–1857 Rummu Manor (Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County), held 1758–1857 Kotzum Manor, now Kodasoo (Kuusalu Parish, Harju County), held 1769–1857

, now Päinurme (Peetri Parish, Järva County), held c. 1700–1772

(Saage) (Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County), held 1807–1840 (Rapla Parish), held early 19th century Samm Manor, now Samma, held to 1919

Staëlenhof, now Taali Manor (Tori Parish, Pärnu County), held 1619–1919 Tammist Manor, now Tammiste (Pärnu County), held 1619–1812 , now Surju (Pärnu County), held 1819–1919 (Uulu, Pärnu County), held 1819–1919

Tõstamaa Manor (Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County), held 1831–1919

, now Vaskrääma (Pärnu County), held 1819–1918 (Pärnu County), held 1819–1918 (Audru Parish, Pärnu County), leased, 17th century Latvia Pebalg Castle (Vecpiebalga Parish), held 16th century

Kujen and Heydenfeld Manors (Lasdohn parish, southern Livonia), held 1661–1751 Hintzenberg Manor (Stahlenhof, parish of Neuermühlen), held 1662–1682 Ramkau Manor (southern Livonia), held 1670–1732 (Riga district), held 18th century Treyden Castle (Turaida) and Aula (Vidzeme), held until the 1920 Latvian land reform Ingria Lawoja Manor (Koporje County), attested 1661 Liliehagen Manor (Koporje County), held 1664 until lost in the Great Northern War Duderhof Manor, now part of southern Saint Petersburg, held 17th century until lost in the Great Northern War Sweden

Vapnö Castle (Halmstad, Halland), purchased by George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein in 1741 (Halmstad, Halland), held 1820–1876 Russian Empire From the 18th century the Russian branch established itself in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and the Voronezh Governorate through marriage alliances into the imperial aristocracy, acquiring estates across these regions and, in the 19th century, in Bessarabia. Town mansions in Saint Petersburg, early 18th century–1917 Alexeyevskoye Manor and its surrounding villages (Repnoye, Voronezh Oblast), held 1837–1917 Nikolskoye Manor (near Voronezh), held 1837–1917 Otradnoe Manor (Otradnoe, Voronezh Oblast), held 1830s–1917; the settlement's coat of arms bears eight bezants drawn from the family's arms Sofyino Manor (near Voronezh), with a brickworks stamping its bricks "SH", held to 1917 Estates in the Kursk Governorate, held mid-19th century Estates in the Akkerman district of Bessarabia, held from the mid-19th century until the Romanian land reform

France

Le Castelet (Ménerbes, Vaucluse), a former fort bought by the painter Nicolas de Staël in 1953

See also Staël von Holstein Baltic nobility Manor houses in Estonia

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