Breitenbend
| Breitenbend | |
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 Breitenbend around 1900, villa on the right, Gut in the background |
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| Creation time : | probably 9th century |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall |
| Place: | Linnich |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 59 '4 " N , 6 ° 16' 43" E |
The Breitenbend festival is a castle in the westernmost part of North Rhine-Westphalia . Breitenbend was a castle, later a palace and manor , located in the wide, damp lowland meadows ( Benden ) on the right bank of the Rur in front of the gates of the city of Linnich on the opposite bank of the Rur .
history
The exact founding of the Breitenbend can no longer be proven, but is dated to the 9th century. It was first mentioned in the 14th century as a Brabant fief .
The Breitenbend was one of the ancestral castles of the von Pallandt family and was changed several times over the centuries, also due to warlike influences. Around 1908 the estate was acquired by the Düsseldorf machine manufacturer Joseph Losenhausen (1852-1919).
In World War II greatly affected, the last remaining tower was initially in 1950 bailey resigned. In 1973 the end of the Breitenbend took place, the last ruins were completely demolished and the area leveled.
literature
- Linnicher Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Linnich in the course of time. Fischer, Jülich 1992, ISBN 3-87227-039-7 .
- Hanns Ott: Rhenish water castles. History, forms, functions. A manual. Weidlich, Würzburg 1984, ISBN 3-8035-1239-5 .
Web links
- Entry by Jens Friedhoff and Hans-Jürgen Greggersen on Breitenbend in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Entry for Breitenbend in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Individual evidence
- ^ Clemens von Looz-Corswarem: Losenhausen, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 196 f. ( Digitized version ).