Bourheim Castle
| Bourheim Castle | ||
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 Southwest view of Bourheim Castle, the gatehouse in the foreground |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Construction: | Brick | |
| Place: | Bourheim | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 54 '16.1 " N , 6 ° 19' 50.9" E | |
| Height: | 92 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Bourheim is a former moated castle in Bourheim , a district of Jülich , in Westphalia North Rhine- Düren . It is protected as a building and ground monument. The facility is privately owned, inhabited and cannot be viewed.
history
A farm in "Burnheim" was mentioned in a property register of Aemilius von O (u) we from 1234. This Fronhof was an un fortified , agricultural plant, which was later protected with strong walls against attackers. It was evidently a fiefdom of the Electorate of Cologne , because Heinrich von Bourheim fought in the Battle of Worringen in 1288 on the side of Archbishop Siegfried von Westerburg of Cologne .
At the beginning of the 15th century the estate was owned by Alart von Linzenich , and in 1478 by Loes von Linzenich. His family belonged to the feudal people of the dukes of Jülich . By marriage in 1501 the castle came to Dietrich von Eys, known as Beusdael (also Beusdahl). His family followed in the 17th century as the owner of the von Friemersdorf zu Pützfeld , before the plant came to Aegidius von Haf (f) ten through marriage in 1665. His daughter Anna brought it to the family of her second husband Wolfgang from the Wildenburg line of the Counts of Hatzfeld in the 18th century , before Count Theodor von Fürstenberg- Herdringen bought the property in 1771. After the death of Count Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Stammheim on May 25, 1925, the property came to Rudolf von Fürstenberg-Körtlinghausen in accordance with his will. During the Second World War , the castle was severely damaged in the fighting on the Rur Front . Today it is owned by the Barons von Lüninck .
description
From the former two-part system today is the outer ward of brick obtained. Only the ruins of a substructure with a barrel vault remain of their manor house .
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The main building was a two-storey building on a rectangular floor plan measuring around 12.5 x 9 meters and dates from the 15th century. It stood on a moth-like hill, and its two narrow sides had stepped gables . In order to save the remains of the quarry stone masonry from final collapse, they were sheathed with brick walls to secure them. The moat that surrounded the building is still visible today.
To the north of the location of the former manor house is the three-winged farmyard on a U-shaped floor plan, which opens to the southwest to the former main house ( Palas ) and encloses an inner courtyard measuring around 60.5 × 32.5 meters. The single-storey wings of the building with a gable roof date from different centuries and are the successors of the building wings that were attached to the medieval defensive walls of the estate from the inside . With the exception of the gate construction , they only have windows and doors to the safe inner courtyard. The outside of the northwest wing is around 73 meters long, while the south-eastern part of the building measures around 55.5 meters on the outside. Wall anchors in the form of the year 1703 identify the north-eastern, 46-meter-long wing of the outer bailey as buildings from the beginning of the 18th century. Older is the simple, 18.5 × 8 meter building gate of the complex at the south end of the northwest wing of the outer bailey. It was built around 1600 in the Renaissance style. The bright, embossed bluestone blocks of its arched portal stand out clearly from the red of the rest of the brick walls. Above the archway is the alliance coat of arms of the Eys families, called Beusdael and Friemersdorf zu Pützfeld, together with the year 1706. However, the oldest part of the outer bailey is the former administrator's house at the southern end of the east wing. The two-storey building dates from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century and adjoins the inner courtyard with an eaves part. Two gable wings adjoin it at the rear, and all parts of the building have gable roofs. The partly original windows (some were replaced during the 19th century) have house frames made of bluestone. Although it has now been walled up, the former entrance to the house can still be recognized from the preserved skylight and the vestments .
literature
- Ulrich Coenen: Architectural treasures in the Düren district . 2nd Edition. G. Mainz, Aachen 1989, ISBN 3-925714-27-8 , pp. 46-47.
- Karl Franck-Oberaspach , Edmund Renard : The art monuments of the Jülich district (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province . Volume 8, Section 1) L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1902, p. 50.
- Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. A lexicon of the "permanent houses" . J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7 , p. 97 .
- Helmut Holtz: Bourheim Castle . In: District of Düren (Ed.): Yearbook of the District of Düren 1984. Eifelverein, Düren 1983, ISSN 0342-5835 , pp. 120–125.
- Dirk Holterman, Harald Herzog: The Aachen Castle Round. Cycling between Wurm and Inde. Rau, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-7919-0749-2 , p. 116 ( online ).
- Octavia Zanger: Monuments in the city of Jülich. City of Jülich, Jülich 1989, ISBN 3-921869-02-1 , p. 54.
Web links
- Entry by Hans-Jürgen Greggersen zu Bourheim in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the information board on the property
- ↑ Walther Zimmermann , Hugo Borger (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 3: North Rhine-Westphalia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 273). Kröner, Stuttgart 1963, DNB 456882847 , p. 101.
- ^ Christian Lenz: On the history of the village Bourheim and the Bourheimerburg. In: Rur flowers. Leaves for entertainment, edification and instruction, supplement to the Jülich Kreisblatt. Volume 7, No. 41, 1927, no p.
- ^ Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. 1984, p. 97.
- ↑ Information according to the German basic map (DGK5) available online
- ^ Ulrich Coenen: Architectural treasures in the Düren district. 1989, p. 46.
- ^ Karl Franck-Oberaspach, Edmund Renard: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Jülich. 1902, p. 50.
- ↑ a b c d e According to the online cadastral map for Bourheim