Gerkendahl Castle
| Gerkendahl Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | House Gerkendahl | |
| Creation time : | around 1150 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, island location, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Iserlohn - hens | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 27 '45 " N , 7 ° 41' 33" E | |
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The Gerkendahl Castle , also called Gerkendahl House, is a lost moated castle on the Abbabach in the Hennen district (Gerkendahler Weg 3) of the city of Iserlohn in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Around 1150, Gerkendahl , which was part of the old Drüpplingsen farmers , was mentioned as a fief of the Werden Abbey.
The castle of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) was protected by its location on an island surrounded by a moat in a swampy valley on the Abbabach . In the 19th century, the remains of a square tower could still be seen. In 1361 the donation of a chapel by Wilhelm von Dahlhausen to Mr. zu Gerkendahl testifies to the construction of the castle. The chapel existed until 1778. The importance of the complex is indicated by the fact that in 1271 the “Brandenburg-Limburg partition treaty” was negotiated here.
The former castle complex was demolished around 1793; the last remains were removed in 1873.