Riepen Manor and the noble family von Geismar were very much bound up with the history of Doessel.
As early as the year 1200 the family von Geismar in the wake of noble castlemen was already resident in Warburg where they belonged to the leading families of the town. 1314 mayor Johann von Geismar commanded citizens of Warburg in the battle of the Desenberg. Since 1410 the familiy possessed the Dalpenhof farm near Luetgeneder as a fief from Paderborn. Since 1533 a nearby real estate called „Ripe“ belonged to their possessions.
1680 Caspar Ferdinand was born, between 1728 and 1757 he reigned as Benedict, prince-abbot of Werden and Helmstedt. Under his reign the palace-like middle wing of Werden abbey was erected which today accomodates the Essen Folkwangschule.
Another famous member of the Riepen family lineage was the russian General Friedrich Caspar von Geismar. At the age of 15 he entered the Austrian Deutschmeister infantry regiment as a cadet. After Austria had been defeated by Napoleon he joined the russian army in 1805. Since 1812 he fought against the French troops. In 1813 he saved the town Weimar from devastation by Napoleon.
Later he followed Napoleon as a pursuer. On this occasion
in a contemporary army report he is said to be the first russian soldier
to set foot on French soil near St. Quentin. At the age of sixty-five Fjodor
Klementjewitsch - as he was called in the tsar empire - died in St. Petersburg.
He was awarded the most outstanding orders by the tsar.
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