Großbernsau Castle

Großbernsau Castle
Großbernsau castle ruins
Alternative name (s):	Neu-Bernsau
Creation time :	14th century
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Ruin, remains of the wall
Standing position :	Knight
Place:	Overath
Geographical location	50 ° 56 '35 "  N , 7 ° 18' 5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '35 "  N , 7 ° 18' 5"  E
Height:	96  m above sea level NHN

The ruins of Großbernsau Castle , also known as Neu-Bernsau , are the ruins of a moated castle in the Aggerniederung in the northern part of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Overath in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis . The area of ​​about 30 by 30 meters is enclosed by a small moat .

history

The castle was built in the 14th century and was probably inhabited until the 18th century. The tower collapsed during World War II . Apart from an outer wall about four meters high, there is no longer any visible building structure.

Großbernsau was one of eight knights sitting in Overath. There was also Auelburg, Alt-Bernsau , zur Moelen, Vilkerode, Steynhuys, Brambach and Kombach.

With the death of Wilhelm von Bernsau in 1532, the castle fell to his son-in-law Goddert van Wylich († around 1560), then the von Schoeller, von Steinen and von Schaesberg families . In 1904 Heinrich Reichsgraf von Schaesberg-Thannheim sold the ruins to Johann Dünn. It has been owned by the City of Overath since 2009.

Relic of Großbernsau Castle

In December 2016, the city of Overath signed a contract with the Overath Home and Citizens Association , according to which the dilapidated and overgrown castle ruins should be made more accessible to the public in time for a commemorative year 2018. The city's essential condition: it must not incur any costs. A first major donation came from a descendant of the old knights.

literature

• Heinz Firmenich: Castles and palaces in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district , Bergisch Gladbach 1974.

Web links

• Bernsau castle ruins at hbv-overath.de
• Castles in the Bergisches Land at graf-von-berg.de ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
• Entry on Groß-Bernsau (Großbernsau, Neu-Bernsau) in the private database "Alle Burgen".
• Groß-Bernsau Castle at burgenwelt.de
• Wasserburg Großbernsau on the website of Willi Fritzen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Kunze: "Let's see what's under there" . Cologne city indicator. May 14, 2009. Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
2. ↑ Stefan Brockmeier: New contract secures the future of the monument. Kölner Stadtanzeiger from December 21, 2016 [1]