Davensberg Castle
| Davensberg Castle | ||
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 The round tower of Davensberg Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1250 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Round tower | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Construction: | Brick, quarry stone | |
| Place: | Ascheberg - Davensberg | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 49 '12.8 " N , 7 ° 35' 32" E | |
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The still preserved round tower of Davensberg Castle is in the Davensberg district of the North Rhine-Westphalian community of Ascheberg in the Coesfeld district . The tower with the “torture chamber and witch cane” now houses a museum run by the Davensberg local history association. The focus of the exhibition is on old rural cultural implements.
history
The round tower was part of the Davensberg knight's castle, which was probably built around 1250 and was probably built around 1500/1530 when the facility was expanded. The founders of the castle were probably the lords of Meinhövel. Around 1320 half of the complex came into the possession of the noblemen von Büren , a powerful noble family from the prince-bishopric of Paderborn , through the marriage of the heir daughter Gerburg , who also came into the possession of the other half around 1360 after the death of the last male Meinhövel on Davensberg.
In 1589 the castle passed into the possession of the Lords of Morrien on Nordkirchen and Wolf von Füchteln through the marriage of the heir daughters Agnes and Johanna von Büren . During the Thirty Years War , the complex was subjected to severe destruction, because Lüneburg troops set it on fire in 1634, along with the adjacent castle freedom . In 1736 the von Morrien family became sole owners of the buildings, which gradually fell into disrepair from 1750 onwards.
From the former castle complex only the round tower made of brick and quarry stone masonry as well as excavated remains of foundations and rubble are preserved. On the upper floor of the tower, which was last restored in 1971 , there is a fireplace room, on the ground floor a prison and a dungeon below .
literature
- Local and tourist association Davensberg (Ed.): Davensberg - Burg and Flecken. Self-published, Davensberg 1993.
- The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 1: A. Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of the Lüdinghausen district. = Lüdinghausen district. Schöningh, Münster 1893, p. 14, digitized at archive.org .
- Peter Ilisch, The income of the Davensberg house around 1530. History sheets of the Coesfeld district 11, 1986, pp. 39–51
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann about Davensberg Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Castle tower and museum on davensberg.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information on the castle tower at davensberg.de , accessed on November 18, 2010.
- ↑ Helmut Müller: Davensberg, Burg und Flecken , accessed on November 18, 2010.