Bröhler Castle
The Bröhler Castle was a surge in the meadows of the Bröhls north of Westhemmerde , today district of Unna in Westphalia , on Bröhler pond. The ruins stood until the 18th century.
Johann Dietrich von Steinen writes in his Westphälische Geschichte from 1701: A quarter of an hour from this castle ( Haus Westhemmerde ), in a forest called the Broel, there used to be a castle that was called the 'Haus Broel' and the remains are still available. The owners were the knights, von dem Broel ', who later took on the name of Plater . When this castle fell into disrepair and the von Broel inherited the von Plater property, they built this castle in Westhemmerde in the 16th century, which came to Johan Bernd von Elspe zu Borghausen through the marriage of Mechtel Catrina von dem Broel, born Plater . The von Plater are old Westphalian knights, but have long been extinct (1135–1298 can be proven by Plater).
When Haus Bröhl was built is unknown, and one can only speculate about the previous owners. One of them could have been Gerhard von dem Broel (de Brule) , who acted as a documentary witness in 1217 when Count Gottfried von Arnsberg sold goods to the Wedinghausen monastery near Werl .
Destruction during the Dortmund feud
During the Dortmund feud in 1388 and 1389, soldiers from Dortmund undertook numerous raids, pillaged and plundered villages in the area, namely: on May 29 and October 1, Dorstfeld, on July 19, Lütgendortmund, on August 28, Recklinghausen, on May 29 August Westhemmerde (Bröhl), on September 17th Derne, on October 3rd Holthausen, on October 13th Brünninghausen, on October 13th, December 2nd and December 23rd Eving, on October 23rd Westhausen, on October 31st Schwansbell and Kurl, on November 13th Grevel, on November 15th and 16th Marten, Wischlingen, Menglinghausen and Wandhofen, on November 21st Methler and Huckarde, on December 7th Altenderne, Schüren, Wambel and Hörde, on March 1st, 1389 Renninghausen , on March 4th Grevel and Lanstrop, on March 21st Kleinholthausen.
literature
- Johann Dietrich von Steinen: Westphälische Geschichte , Verlag Meyer, Lemgo 1755–1801.
- Klaus Basner: House Westhemmerde. History of a Westphalian aristocratic residence from its beginnings to around 1800 . City of Unna, Unna 2004, ISBN 3-927082-48-1 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 27 ″ N , 7 ° 47 ′ 18 ″ E