Brelen Castle
| Brelen Castle | ||
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 Wall remains of the stone tower on the Bennokopf |
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| Alternative name (s): | Bredenol Castle | |
| Creation time : | probably in the 13th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable with remains of walls, moat and rampart | |
| Standing position : | Between 1281 and 1338 Arnsberger Ministeriale ; later the Archbishopric of Cologne as legal successor to the Counts of Arnsberg. | |
| Construction: | Masonry (culm rock with mortar) | |
| Place: | Brelen | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 24 '21.2 " N , 7 ° 47' 55.8" E | |
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The castle Brelen even castle Bredenol called, is an Outbound hilltop castle on the Benno head southeast of the Edelburg in the area of the present town Hemer in the Märkische Kreis. Remnants of the former castle were placed under protection on December 19, 1986 and entered as a ground monument in the list of monuments of the city of Hemer.
History and description
It is believed that the castle already existed in 1235, as a family named itself after the place Bredenol at that time . Between 1281 and 1338, the Bredenol family was under the Arnsberg ministerial .
According to the remains of the foundation, the former square stone keep had an internal dimension of 7.80 meters by 8 meters. The walls were 2.30 meters thick. Was installed Culmgestein with mortar. There was no breakthrough in the remains of the wall on the ground floor, so it is assumed that the tower had a high entrance .
The castle was not surrounded by ramparts and ditches , as the terrain sloped steeply to the southeast of the castle building.
literature
- Ulrich Barth, Elmar Hartmann, August Kracht , Heinz Störing: Art and historical monuments in the Märkisches Kreis . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis, Altena 1993, ISBN 3-89053-000-1 , p. 153/154 .
- Stefan Alberts: Burg Brelen: History and stories of the castle, the district and its inhabitants . 1st edition. Hemer 2010, ISBN 978-3-89053-124-3 .
Web links
- Entry by Gabriele Rustemeyer on Bredenol in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ulrich Barth, Elmar Hartmann, August Kracht , Heinz Störing: Art and historical monuments in the Märkischer Kreis . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis, Altena 1993, ISBN 3-89053-000-1 , p. 856 .
- ↑ Westfälisches Urkundenbuch 7, number 438, page 190