Drostenhof (Neheim)
The Drostenhof in Neheim (City of Arnsberg ) is a monument that essentially goes back to a medieval Burgmannshof and in its present form essentially dates from the 17th century.
The original building from around the middle of the 13th century was part of the Landesburg Neheim in the county of Arnsberg . In its current form, it dates from the 17th century. It was probably built after the Thirty Years' War and replaced the previous building that was probably damaged after October 1633 when large parts of Neheim Castle were destroyed. The building is located near the former southern city wall. The two-storey half-timbered building stands on a plastered quarry stone base. In the south and west, the facade is provided with a wooden block. The hipped roof is slated.
In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, the house served as the seat of the Neheimer Amt drosten as the representative of the sovereign, the Electors of Cologne in their function as dukes of Westphalia . The Drostenamt was often in the hands of different lines of the Fürstenberg family . Members of the sex had already been in the service of counts as castle men, then in Cologne. Gotthard von Fürstenberg was the first representative of the Fürstenberg to (Neu) Neheim line, who had held the Drosten office with its seat in Drostenhof since 1445. He acquired the castle and town of Neheim as a pledge from Archbishop Dietrich II von Moers for 3,000 Rhenish guilders . Johann Wilhelm von Fürstenberg , who later became the Landmaster of the Teutonic Order in Livonia , was born in Drostenhof . The electors redeemed the pledge in 1570 and the city of Neheim acquired the building. The Neheim line of the Fürstenbergs died out in the first half of the 17th century.
The building was one of the few to survive the great city fire of 1807. At that time it was owned by the mayor of Otterstedde. Later it was owned by the industrial family Cosack . The municipal public library was housed there between the 1930s and 1950s. The Association of Lithuanian Germans has been using the building as a documentation and cultural center since 1969. The facility was closed in 2002. Today it is used for residential purposes.
The building is listed and entered in the list of monuments of the city of Arnsberg .
Individual evidence
literature
- Uwe Haltaufderheide: The architectural monuments of the city of Arnsberg. Collection period 1980–1990. City of Arnsberg, Arnsberg 1990, ISBN 3-928394-01-0 , pp. 237-239.
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 11.6 " N , 7 ° 57 ′ 28.3" E