Lenninghof

The Lenninghof , older spelling also Lannichofon, is a desolate place near Schmallenberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The desolation of the place probably falls in the time of the decades around 1300.

Lannichofon was mentioned in 1072 in a deed of foundation of the Grafschaft monastery among the farms that the monastery had to maintain. Around 1125 the place is called Lenninchovin in a confirmation document . This phonetic form can be found in the field name Im Lenninghof and the street Lennighof, which describes an area below the city, near the confluence of the Grafschafter Bach in the Lenne . The Lenninghof settlement must have been here too. Apparently in the 13th century it consisted of the Curtis and two smaller estates mentioned in 1248. Around 1301 it was mentioned that the march comrades of Westwich , Nieder- and Oberfleckenberg and of Üntrop had previously worked nine acres of the main courtyard. So it seems reasonable to assume that the farm was no longer closed. The existence of the farm can no longer be assumed by the middle of the 14th century at the latest, since then a number of properties have been leased to citizens of Schmallenberg. The Grafschaft monastery renounced its rights in 1776 and left the Lenninghof to the city of Schmallenberg.

Like many other places, the place fell victim to the great desolation process in the late Middle Ages . It must have been a creeping, slow process. This began around 1300. The downfall of this urban settlement is probably connected with the development of the urban center of Schmallenberg. Another reason was plague epidemics and the need of the residents to seek refuge in the city.

literature

• Günther Becker, in the history of the settlement of the city of Schmallenberg 1244–1969 , published by the city of Schmallenberg 1969