Bevergern Castle
| Bevergern Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1100 / around 1400 | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, remains in newer parts | |
| Place: | Bevergern | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 16 ′ 20 " N , 7 ° 34 ′ 51.8" E | |
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The castle Bevergern , an Outbound castle in what is now the center of the farming town Bevergern (a district of Hörstel ) in the Westphalian region Tecklenburger land in what is now the district of Steinfurt . It was blown up in 1680 by Ferdinand II von Fürstenberg , Bishop of Münster .
history
The castle
There are two theories for building the castle. It was either built at the beginning of the 12th century by the Bishop of Münster or in the 14th century by the Count of Tecklenburg.
On October 25, 1400, the Count of Tecklenburg had to surrender Bevergern Castle and parts of his county. It fell to the Bishop of Munster. In the following time ownership changes several times.
From December 1535 to January 1536 the Baptist Jan van Leiden was imprisoned in the castle. He was then executed and his body hung up as an example in a basket on the Lamberti Church. Other " Anabaptists " are said to have sat in the castle and were executed on the Galgenkamp between Bevergern and Rodde .
The Thirty-Year War
The Thirty Years War made time in the castle more restless. From 1634 to 1652 the castle belonged to the Orange , who wanted to assert their claim to the county of Tecklenburg . In 1637 Bevergern briefly came back into possession of the Bishop of Münster. At the end of the war with the Peace of Westphalia of Osnabrück and Münster, the castle and the place were again awarded to Münster. Despite this decision, the occupation of the castle continued. On August 28, 1652, seven soldiers of the Bishop of Münster captured the castle with a trick. The exact story can be read in the book Legends and Stories from the Tecklenburger Land by Friedrich Ernst Hunsche . The Drost von Rheine and his people are said to have come close to the castle camouflaged as a hunting trip, where their allies at the castle have already overpowered the guards. The castle occupiers were sent to Lingen without weapons . On February 15, 1659, the Bishop of Munster paid the Prince of Orange 120,000 thalers to renounce the castle and Bevergern.
In the period from March 6th to 15th, 1680, the castle was blown up by Bishop Ferdinand II out of concern that the Dutch might reoccupy the castle from Lingen. The stones of the castle were used for buildings in the area (presumably e.g. for the construction of the parish church of St. Ludgerus in Elte , the old church of St. Johannes Baptist in Mesum or the Bönekers chapel in Rheine ). In 1910, the remains of the old castle were found for the first time while a house was being built. In the old town, the foundation walls are now marked in the ground.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung of June 23, 2018: "A very special picture"
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Bevergern in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Reconstruction drawing by Wolfgang Braun