Blucherturm

The Rellinghausen Court Tower, popularly known as the Blücherturm , is located in what is now the Essen district of Rellinghausen and has been a listed building since 1985 .

history

In its function as a court tower, the Blücherturm, built from rubble stones, was first mentioned in a document in 1567. The nickname of its last inhabitant gave it its name. It was a policeman who resembled the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and was known in Rellinghausen as Blücher. The tower served the jurisdiction of what was then Rellinghausen Abbey, which existed until 1803. During its centuries of existence, the tower has served different purposes. In the 16th century it was the scene of the Rellinghauser witch trials for 25 years . A total of 39 women and men were declared witches and wizards and executed between 1570 and 1595.

The sentence is chiseled over the entrance door:

"RES PUBLICA IN USUM REI PUBLICAE ME FIERI FECIT"

(The church raised me for the good of the community.).

The tower has been owned by the Rellinghausen-Stadtwald eV citizenry since 1997 and has been extensively restored by them. The citizenship was supported by the NRW Foundation . The ajar ivy trunk is entered in the list of natural monuments in Essen .

literature

Kurt W. Alt : References to medieval criminal justice on a human skeleton from the "book tower" in Rellinghausen? In: The Minster on Hellweg. Volume 53, 2010, pp. 5-14.
Detlef Hopp : A surprising evidence of the jurisdiction of the 16th century in Rellinghausen? In: Detlef Hopp (Hrsg.): Stadtarchäologie in Essen. Bottrop 1999, ISBN 978-3-89355-203-0 , pp. 87-89.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Marlies Holle, The Judgment Tower - a landmark with a long history, Rellinghauser history (s) No. 1, April 2008.

51.424768 7.041493Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 29.2 " N , 7 ° 2 ′ 29.4" E

[1] Marlies Holle, The Judgment Tower - a landmark with a long history, Rellinghauser history (s) No. 1, April 2008.