Burgstall Eulenknapp
| Owl scarce | ||
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| Creation time : | middle Ages | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Knight's seat | |
| Place: | Salzkotten - Verne | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 41 '1 " N , 8 ° 34' 58" E | |
| Height: | 96 m above sea level NN | |
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The Burgstall Eulenknapp is an abandoned medieval Niederungsburg in Verne , town of Salzkotten in the Paderborn district in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It was a knight seat of the Lords of Verne .
location
The Burgstall is located 1 km southeast of Verne near the Brünnekenkapelle on the banks of the Bohmke .
history
The castle was a knight seat of the ministerial family of the Lords of Verne . In the years 1575–1577 the Lords of Krevet bought and inherited the property of the Lords of Verne . Later the castle on the Eulenknapp fell apart .
In 1607 the knight Wilhelm Krevet built the Vernaburg elsewhere in order to move his residence from Freedom in Salzkotten to Verne .
After the male line of Krevet died out in 1638, the von Brenken family acquired part of their estates with the Vernaburg and the Eulenknapp .
In 1843 the Eulenknapp hill was removed by the Barons von Brenken in order to create floating meadows .
Todays use
Today the castle grounds are used for agriculture .
description
The location of the castle was the hill Eulenknapp . When it was almost completely demolished in 1843, remnants of the wall were found. Since there is no documentation, further statements cannot be made.
See also
literature
- Gerhard Henkel : History and geography of the Büren district. Paderborn 1974, p. 228 f.
- Josef Tönsmeyer: City and Office Salzkotten. Paderborn 1970, pp. 612, 620, 686, 689.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The references for this article are given under literature.