Vernaburg Castle

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Vernaburg
Vernaburg ruins.jpg
Alternative name (s): Krewetburg
Creation time : 1607
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Ruin, residential tower, 3 corner towers
Standing position : manor suitable for landscape
Place: Salzkotten - Verne
Geographical location 51 ° 41 '15.8 "  N , 8 ° 34' 1.7"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 41 '15.8 "  N , 8 ° 34' 1.7"  E
Height: 98  m above sea level NN
Vernaburg Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Vernaburg Castle

The castle Verna Castle , also Krewetburg called, is the ruins of a moated castle in the village of Verne (Krewetstrasse 3) of the city of Salzkotten in the circle Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The castle was founded in 1607 by Wilhelm von Krewet from an important Paderborn ministerial family, which was one of the 'four noble mares and columns' of the cathedral chapter, in order to relocate its seat from the freedom in Salzkotten here. The male line of the Krevet died out as early as 1638 and their goods in Verne with the Vernaburg and the Eulenknapp came to the von Brenken family .

The castle played an important role in the Thirty Years War during the siege and destruction of the city of Salzkotten. After the von Krewet family died out, the castle lost its importance and fell into disrepair. In documents from the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) the castle is mentioned as a ruin, the keep and a residential building were demolished, the moat was filled. It was not until 1990 that a round Gothic residential tower was discovered near the ruins .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Henkel : History and geography of the Büren district. Paderborn 1974, p. 228 f. Michael Lagers: The Paderborn pin needle in the middle of the 15th century - studies on the development and expansion of power structures of the lower nobility. (= Friedrich Gerhard Hohmann: Studies and sources for Westphalian history. Vol. 74), Paderborn 2013, p. 154 f.