Barenborg

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Barenborg Nature Reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

The Barenborg in the aerial view.

The Barenborg in the aerial view.

location Rosendahl , Coesfeld district , NRW , Germany
surface 2.62 ha
Identifier COE-050
WDPA ID 329270
Geographical location 52 ° 1 '  N , 7 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '34 "  N , 7 ° 3' 20"  E
Barenborg (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Barenborg
Sea level 66 m
Setup date 2003
particularities One of the best preserved tower mounds in the Münsterland; at the same time ground monument .

The Barenborg is a historic monument from the village of Holtwick , a district of the municipality of Rosendahl in the Coesfeld district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The 2.6 hectare area around the Grautenanlage is designated as a nature reserve.

The model for the fortification , which was located on the old connecting path between Ahaus and Coesfeld , was the Motte castle type (tower hill castle) of the French Normans , which had been in use since the second half of the 10th century.

It probably served the Lords of Ahaus as a border castle to secure their territory against the serious attacks of the then expanding bishops of Münster . It is not known exactly when the Barenborg was built.

The center of the Barenborg consisted of a 3 m high tower hill with a diameter of about 25 m. A stone tower stood on top of it, at least found remains of the wall indicate this. An approximately 16 m wide and water-bearing moat surrounded this center. This moat was surrounded by a 1 m high and 10 m wide wall . The access was via a 60 m long embankment 10 m wide. The entire complex was in turn surrounded by a ditch . The connection between the wall and the core of the complex was created by a wooden bridge construction.

Presumably - but this has not been scientifically proven - the Barenborg was destroyed in the armed conflict between the Lords of Ahaus and the Prince-Bishops of Münster around 1398. In any case, in 1406 it passed into episcopal ownership through a forced sale to Bishop Otto IV von Hoya .

Today the Barenborg is considered a ground monument that is one of the best preserved tower mounds in the Münsterland . The moats are location for a versatile swamp grave Flora as water lily , plantain , Seggengräser and more. In addition, the dense sloe and blackberry bushes on the lonely tower hill offer protection for some rare endangered songbird species .

  • View from the west, the access road is on the left.

  • The ring wall encloses the inner moat.

  • View over the inner moat to the tower hill.

  • The inner forces.

  • Ring wall with inner and outer forces

literature

  • Torsten Capelle : The Barenborg Tower Hill, Coesfeld district (=  early castles in Westphalia . Volume 24 ). Munster 2005.
  • Heinz Günter Horn , Axel Thünker: Timestamps / Landmarks. Ground monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia . Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-87909-732-1 ( Die Barenborg. Online ; PDF; 324 kB).
  • Peter Ilisch : On the settlement history of Holtwick . In: Dorothea Roters (Red.): Holtwick. Contributions to the history and culture of a village . Heimatverein Holtwick, Steinfurt 1997, pp. 64-141, 725-731.

Web links

Commons : Barenborg  - collection of images