Botzlar Castle
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 Botzlar Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1122 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, Wasserburg (the moat was filled in) | |
| Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Selm | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 41 '24.5 " N , 7 ° 28' 5.8" E | |
| Height: | 111 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Botzlar is the residue of a moated castle in the town of Selm in the district of Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The history of the defense system is probably related to the conversion of Cappenberg Castle into a Premonstratensian monastery in 1122 . The Botzlar castle should probably serve as a new protective castle for the place Selm. The castle was mentioned in 1282. The gentlemen von Meinhövel and von Velen are named as former owners .
The complex had several moats , the innermost of which was only filled in in the 1960s.
The castle and the surrounding areas had their own lordly court, which merged with the episcopal Gogericht in Werne in the 15th century .
In the time of National Socialism there was a Gauschule Westfalen-Nord of the Nazi women in the castle.
Before the previous communities of Bork and Selm merged in 1975, consideration was given to giving the new community the name Botzlar. However, this plan was rejected. The new community was named Selm.
In October 2013 a community foundation bought the castle from the town of Selm for 600,000 euros.
Individual evidence
literature
- Ludorff, A .: The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 1: District of Lüdinghausen. Page 84
- Wanko, Michael: The school of the Nazi women's union at Botzlar Castle . - Series of publications by the Selm City Archives, City Director, 1999
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Botzlar in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Document registers from the general archive of Landsberg-Velen with holdings for Botzlar Castle / digital Westphalian document database (DWUD)
- Entry on Botzlar Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".