Origin
The von Scheidt genannt Weschpfennig has spread in the area of Cologne and Jülich since the fourteenth century. They are said to have participated in the battle of Worringen in 1288 as allies of the count of Berg. They acquired a property in Scheid near Ruppichteroth in the middle of the 14th Century, called themselves von Scheidt, with the addition of "Weschpfennig". Further acquisitions of property were added in Ruppichteroth, Wingenbach, Broel, Saurenbach, castle Freusburg near Betzdorf and castle Heltorf in Angermund above Düsseldorf.
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