Noble castle
The Edelburg is a courtyard in the north of Hemer , which together with the neighboring building complex forms a district of the city. The facility is located on the Oese near the city limits of Menden at an altitude of 167 meters.
The first mention of the noble castle ( Erleborgh ) goes back to the year 1375. Presumably it was a courtyard with a protective wall on the current grounds of the manor house. From the 16th century, the owners of the site also took over Brelen Castle in a wooded area east of the noble castle . In 1072 Brelen was already one of three estates in Hemer that belonged to the Grafschaft monastery . Around the year 1600, material from Brelen Castle was removed in order to build today's main building of the Edelburg family. During this time the estate was expanded into a moated castle , which it remained until the 19th century.
In the 18th century the estate belonged temporarily to the Brabeck family . In 1902 the Baron de Becker-Remy bought the estate. His descendants still own the facility today. In 1957 a large part of the building was placed under monument protection.
In 1986 the Edelburg riding club was founded, which holds a riding festival every summer. The riding facility is located in the immediate vicinity of the manor.
The Edelburg industrial estate has been located west of the B 7 since 1982 and has been the headquarters of the fittings manufacturer Grohe for over 25 years . The main plant of the group with over 1000 jobs is still located there.
literature
- Bürger- und Heimatverein Hemer eV (Ed.): Hemer. Contributions to local history . 2nd Edition. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1980, pp. 389-403.
- Wilhelm Honselmann: The noble castle and its inhabitants. In: Bürger- und Heimatverein Hemer eV: The key. Hemer 1974, issue 1 and 2.
Web links
- Entry by Gabriele Rustemeyer zu Edelburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 36.5 ″ N , 7 ° 47 ′ 30.2 ″ E