Cappenberg

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Cappenberg Castle, south view

Cappenberg (formerly also Kappenberg near Lünen and Uebbenhagen ) is a southern district of the town of Selm in the Unna district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The Cappenberg Castle is located on a ridge . The formerly important Premonstratensian monastery became the retirement home of the well-known Prussian administrative reformer Freiherr Karl vom und zum Stein after secularization . It still belongs to his descendants, the von Kanitz family , to this day.

The Cappenberg Forest stretches around Cappenberg , on the south side of which, however, in the Altlün area, the local recreation area around the Cappenberger See is located. The district is a preferred residential area and is characterized by single-family houses and villas. Cappenberg also includes the Netteberge farmers .

Place of issue

The castle - which is bordered by arable and forest areas on the south and south-west flanks - is located next to an extensive mixed forest used as a recreational area and is a popular excursion destination with a long tradition. With high-ranking exhibitions on constantly changing topics - some specially designed for Schloss Cappenberg and only to be seen here, some presented in cooperation with internationally renowned partners such as the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation from Berlin - the district of Unna has built a nationally recognized cultural center here.

history

Artifact finds prove the presence of people from the Stone Age. The former collegiate and monastery church of St. Johannes Evangelist , built in 1122, is located in Cappenberg . It is a Romanesque-Gothic church, which has a remarkable interior. Are highlight the richly carved choir stalls from the 16th century, a painted triptych of about 1,530 of the formerly provisional names Master of Cappenberg known in January Baegert , a Romanesque cross of 1225 and numerous grave plates. The famous head reliquary of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa , created around 1155, is part of the church treasury . The Premonstratensian monastery was abolished in 1803 by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . The reformer Freiherr vom Stein, who took over the complex in 1816 and died here in 1831, ensured that the monastery church was preserved.

The name of the street Am Brauereiknapp reminds us that beer was brewed earlier (from 1840 to 1919) in Cappenberg (Graeflich Kielmannsegge'sche Brewery). A brandy distillery (Kreutzkamp) has existed since 1654.

Located close to the castle peasantry had formerly known Übbenhagen, but which in the 20th century by the name of the castle Cappenberg was ousted. Until 1974, Cappenberg belonged to the municipality of Bork in the Bork district . Since January 1, 1975, it has belonged to the municipality of Selm, which was elevated to a town in 1977.

Population numbers

In 1987 Cappenberg had a total of 1869 inhabitants. Of these, 1352 came from the town center and 517 from the Netteberge farmers. In 2013 there were a total of 2080 inhabitants.

coat of arms

Coat of arms Werne.svg

The coat of arms of Cappenberg is a gold-red-gold bar coat of arms and thus resembles the current coat of arms of the city of Werne .

The gold-red-gold coat of arms is originally the coat of arms of the Counts of Cappenberg , who were counts in Dreingau until 1122 . The gold-red-gold coat of arms as the coat of arms of the Hochstift Munster does not appear until the 14th century, about 200 years after the transfer of the entire South Munsterland from the Counts of Cappenberg to the Bishops of Munster (source: Stiftsarchiv Munster). Another form of the Cappenberg coat of arms can be found in the Ilbenstadt monastery founded by the Cappenberg counts Gottfried and Otto in the Wetterau . In the Ilbenstadt form, the coat of arms is gold-red-gold-red-gold.

Culture and sights

Stein's monument

In the Romanesque sandstone basilica of St. Johannes Evangelist , Vespers concerts are held every first Sunday of the month from April to September, which are organized by the district of Unna , as well as organ concerts on the historic Vorenweg organ from 1788 (restored von Klais Orgelbau, Bonn, 2003/2004), organized by the Catholic parish of St. Johannes Evangelist. Extensive renovation work is currently underway there (2020-2022) in preparation for the 900th anniversary celebration in 2022.

To the west of the castle is the Stein monument , a modern stone setting by the geomancer Marko Pogačnik in the form of a stylized megalithic temple. Spatially related to this are numerous menhirs, which are intended to illustrate the course of ley lines in the area around the castle in an artistic form and geomantic intention .

The historic fire brigade museum is located in a building of the former Gräflich Kielmannsegge brewery.

traffic

Cappenberg is connected to Selm and Lünen via the regional bus route R19. The nearest train stations are in Bork (trains to Dortmund and Coesfeld-Gronau-Enschede) or in Werne (trains to Dortmund / Münster) and Lünen (trains to Dortmund, also in the directions of Gronau and the Netherlands or Münster).

The place is connected to Lünen and the Nordkirchen district of Südkirchen via the L 810 road. The state road L 507 from Selm to Werne touches the local area in the far north. District roads lead to Bork, Werne (via the farming communities Langern and Varnhövel) and Lünen-Wethmar.

"On Cappenberg"

Often, mostly from Cappenberg residents, often also from people from the surrounding area, instead of “in” “on Cappenberg” is said. Example: "Mr. XY lives on Cappenberg." This form of Regiolekt can be traced back to a Low German, especially Westphalian substrate. In Westphalian , the use of “op” (= “on”) would be correct. But this is also due to the fact that you don't live “in” a castle, but “on” a castle, especially if it is on a hill.

Personalities

The women's rights activist and politician Agnes Neuhaus lived in Cappenberg in 1943/44.

See also

literature

  • Stephan Schnieder: Cappenberg, a place of art and culture in Westphalia. Regensberg Publishing House, Münster 1949.
  • Fritz Schulze Wischeler: 1200 years of Cappenberg 791–1991, as a castle, monastery and village , 2nd edition. Cappenberg 1995.

Web links

Wikisource: Cappenberg in the Topographia Westphaliae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27th, 1970 to December 31st, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 314, 337 .
  2. ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics (ed.): Population and private households as well as buildings and apartments. Selected results for parts of the community. Administrative district of Arnsberg . Düsseldorf 1990, p. 292 .
  3. ↑ Inhabitants in the districts of the towns and communities of the Unna district
  4. ↑ See Gottfried von Cappenberg and the grave slab depicted there.

Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 19 ″  E