Brelen

Brelen City of Hemer Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 25 ″  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 12 ″  E
Height :	230 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	58675
Area code :	02372
Location of Brelen in North Rhine-Westphalia

Brelen is a district of the city of Hemer . Until it was incorporated on January 1, 1975, the place belonged to the independent municipality of Becke . The village goes back to a medieval castle and is located in the northeast of the city at an altitude of 230  m above sea level. NN , near the border with Menden .

In a document from the Grafschaft monastery in 1072, Brelen Castle was first mentioned under the name Bredenol together with the Hemeraner Höfe Haus Hemer and Hedhof . The name Pretinholo has also come down to us from this period. Presumably, since the 16th century belonged to the lands in Brelen, formerly belonging to the monastery County were the Gutsfamilie the Edelburg . An iron stone mine in Brelen provided jobs for residents of the Becke and other surrounding villages in the mid-19th century.

literature

• Stefan Alberts: Brelen Castle. History and stories of the castle, the district and its inhabitants. 1st edition, Hemer 2010. ISBN 978-3-89053-124-3

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 333 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Tower hill castle Bredenol in On the trail of the Middle Ages
3. ↑ Citizens and Homeland Association Hemer eV (Ed.): Hemer. Contributions to local history . Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1980.