Backwerth House
| Backwerth House | |
|---|---|
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Total loss |
| Standing position : | Local nobility |
| Place: | Hattingen |
Haus Backwerth was a medieval manor house west of the old town of Hattingen .
It was located on a land island ( called Werder in Old High German ) in the Ruhr floodplains near Baak and secured the Baaker Furth, an important Ruhr crossing on the Hilinciweg , until the Counts of the Mark had a Ruhr bridge built in 1319. The making of the Ruhr navigable by King Friedrich II until 1780 changed the floodplain landscape . Today the area is built over by the Hattingen train station and a commercial area.
The lords of Vietinghoff could have been the first residents in the 12th or 13th century. In the Treaty of Essen from 1243 it was noted that Friedrich von Isenberg had given fiefs to Theodoricus von Vitinchoven . In the 14th century, the Count of Bentheim was the feudal lord.
The Lords von Vietinghoff, especially a Henrich Vitinck, are documented for the period 1368 to 1414 based on the chronicle of the Hattingen pastor Hermann Mercker (1583-1630):
- "Notata digna. Henrich Vitinck in the Backwerth vixit anno 1368/1414. Vitinck's coat of arms: in the white field, twe transociss schwartzbalcke, there are 3 geele bells on it, which have Scheelen. It was one of Vitinchoven's called Schele. Henrich Vitinck in Backwerdt sold the Hof Bredenscheidt. That also belonged to the Backfurdt, which I received from Galen. From the Galen's side, the Backfurdt is partly to the Hauss Cliff, partly to that of Engenhusen. "
The Bredenscheid court also belonged to them . The von Galen family followed . Around 1504 the property came partly to the lords of Haus Kliff and partly to the councilors and judges von Engenhusen in Hattingen. The house lost its meaning and fell into disrepair.