Wegberg Castle

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Mansion of Wegberg Castle

The Burg Wegberg in the center of Westphalia, North Rhine- city Wegberg , formerly home Thunder and called, dates back to a foundation of the 14th century. There are only a few remains of the former moated castle . The manor house dates from the end of the 19th century and is now used as a hotel restaurant. Since April 15, 1985, is under monument protection .

description

Gate tower and gate

Wegberg Castle is a water-protected complex, the moat of which surrounds the castle area in a semicircle in the south, while it takes a regular U-shape in the north.

The center of the castle, the two-storey mansion of brick with a high base level and neo-Gothic decorative elements. In the middle of its gable roof is a roof turret with a small bell in it. The building is divided into nine axes by windows, the benches of which are made of bluestone , whereby the central axis is particularly emphasized by a risalit with a small stepped gable . A double flight of stairs leads up to the central entrance .

A square brick tower with two floors and a pyramid roof stands southwest of the manor house . It guards a basket arched gate passage and comes from the 16./17. Century.

history

With the knight Johann von Berck, mentioned in a document in 1343 , the last member of a family died whose ancestral seat was a castle at the confluence of the Fußbach and the Beecker Bach. The complex, surrounded by moats , was therefore called Berck Castle in the Middle Ages . Johann's daughter brought her to the family of her husband, Sibodo von dem Bongar (d) t.

Sophia, daughter of Sibert von dem Bongar (d) t zu Vlatten und Wegberg and his wife Sophia von Wachtendonk , inherited Wegberg Castle when her father died in January 1524. The complex came through her marriage in 1547 to Johann von Nesselrode zu Ehreshoven to his family. The Counts of Nesselrode-Ehreshoven remained in their possession until 1869. In that year they sold the castle along with 600  acres of land to a Mr. Kaufmann-Asser from Cologne . He parceled out the land and sold the castle again. Subsequently, their buildings were almost completely demolished in order to make room for the construction of a modern residential building and a factory building.

In 1961, the Wegberg community acquired the residential complex, which was converted and leased for catering purposes. After a fire in 1972 that partially burned the manor house, the building was rebuilt and supplemented with modern extensions. In 1995 the property was taken over by the city of Wegberg and now houses a hotel-restaurant.

literature

  • Adolf Vollmer: History of the community Wegberg . Th. Quos, Cöln 1912, pp. 26-27 ( online ).
  • Karl August Ostendorf: The weather vanes of Wegberg Castle . In: Berker Bote . No. 9, October 1998, pp. 208-209.
  • Edmund Renard: The art monuments of the districts Erkelenz and Geilenkirchen . L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904 ( Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz . Volume 8, Section 2), p. 107 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Burg Wegberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Käthe and Bernd Limburg: Monuments in the City of Wegberg , accessed on October 13, 2010.
  2. ^ E. Renard: The art monuments of the districts Erkelenz and Geilenkirchen. P. 107.
  3. ^ A. Vollmer: History of the community Wegberg. P. 26.
  4. ↑ Walther Zimmermann , Hugo Borger (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 3: North Rhine-Westphalia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 273). Kröner, Stuttgart 1963, DNB 456882847 , p. 641.
  5. ^ Karl Emerich Krämer : From castle to castle on the Lower Rhine. Volume 1, 4th edition. Mercator, Duisburg 1982, ISBN 3-87463-057-9 , p. 26.
  6. ↑ City Marketing Team of the City of Wegberg: Wegberg cultural guide. City of Wegberg, Wegberg 2007, p. 45.

Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 32.9 "  N , 6 ° 16 ′ 29.3"  E