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Le château en bref
Schloss Mickeln is a late neoclassical manor house standing in a large park in the Himmelgeist district of Düsseldorf. It was built from 1840 to 1842 (1843 according to other sources) for Duke Prosper Ludwig of Arenberg, to plans by the architect Josef Niehaus, on the site of Haus Mickeln, mentioned as early as 1210. Its plans drew on engravings of villas by the 16th-century Genoese architect Galeazzo Alessi, making it one of the most interesting late neoclassical buildings in the Rhineland. Owned by the House of Arenberg, it passed to Heinrich Heine University through agreements signed on 13 May 1998. After restoration from 1998 to 2000, and listed as a protected monument, it has been the university's conference centre and guesthouse since 2000, with nineteen rooms; its park was restored for the EUROGA 2002plus garden show.