Im Damenstift

Ehreshoven Castle half an hour from Cologne is home to 16 countesses baronesses and baronesses aged between 76 and 88 The moated castle with its old park was bequeathed as a foundation by the last heiress in 1920 Impecunious unmarried noble ladies of the Catholic faith are given the opportunity to spend a quiet dignified retirement there provided their families are listed in the Gotha