After the death of Emilie von Loë in 1949, her oldest son Degenhardt Baron von Loë, who had been a prisoner of war, took over the estate with numerous refugee families from the East at Wolfskuhlen Castle.
After his marriage to Huberta Baroness von Lüninck (daughter of Ferdinand Baron von Lüninck, who had been executed in Berlin on 20 July 1944) and leasing the Castle to the head office of "Steinkohlen-Zeche Rheinpreussen" (later Ruhrkohle AG ), he and his family were able in 1959 to move into the opposite farmstead, the "Wolfskuhlenhof".
For several years, the castle itself served as a home for mining apprentices and was subsequently used as an educational establishment by the Jugendsozialwerk e.V. (youth social work organisation) and other social institutions, before it fell into disrepair while standing empty in the 1980s.

Together with his wife, Degenhardt Baron von Loë actively managed the once horticulturally oriented agricultural estate within his means to become a flourishing dairy cow, and later, pig-fattening enterprise.

	Following the death of Degenhardt Baron von Loë in 1987, his son Roderich Baron von Loë and his wife Ebba Baroness von Loë, née von Klinggräff, took on the further development of the family estate.
Due to the fortunate circumstances of the reunification in 1989 and titles to old property of the von Klinggräff family from Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, today's estate could be extended beyond its borders on the Lower Rhine. Eight centuries of family history on the Lower Rhine, in the neighbouring Belgium and in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, however, make it impossible to give a full account here.
	The family history continues with the younger generation ensuring the preservation of their ancestors' estate through effective management and responsible actions toward those entrusted to their care. << previous page