House Borg (Werl)

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House Borg, old engraving

The Borg house in Budberg is a two-storey late baroque building with a double flight of stairs . The ground on which it stands is entered in the official list of ground monuments in the area of ​​the city of Werl , the building is recorded under the serial number 41 in the list of monuments of the city of Werl.

History and architecture

View from the northwest
Rear view, view from the east

House Borg was first mentioned in a document in 1333, at that time the complex was a moated castle . The manor belonged to the von der Borg family until around the middle of the 15th century. Peter von der Borg sold the system to Wilhelm Keygen in 1440. Apparently the estate was already divided at that time, since Wilhelm Keygen the elder and his sons sold their part of the Borg house to the Freseken family in 1468 . The other part came in 1540 through the inheritance of Margaretha von Schenking to Kaspar von Plettenberg. Since Johann von Plettenberg had bought the von Freseken family's share in 1486, the property was in one hand. Kaspar von Plettenberg and his wife Barbara von Haab had only one child, one daughter; she married Joachim Alhard von Lürwald, who became the owner. The Lürwalds sold in 1752 to the Erbsälzerfamilie of lilies . Through the marriage of Maria Theresa von Lilien it came to Karl von Kleinsorgen. Karl von Kleinsorgen and his wife Maria Theresia von Lilien were childless, they sold the house on March 20, 1931 to Heinrich Herbert, whose descendants still manage the estate with around 90 hectares of land and around 10 hectares of forest.

The manor house was built over old foundations in the 18th century. The walls made of green sandstone are sometimes over a meter thick, they are 80 cm thick at the eaves. The building is accessed via a staircase with a wrought iron grille that leads to the oak entrance door. From there you enter the entrance hall. Since the basement is above the ground, the ground floor is actually the first floor; There are seven rooms, some of which are very spacious. It has a height of 4.50 m. The kitchen and other utility rooms are located in the so-called basement. The upper floor with a height of 3.60 m and 10 rooms is located under the converted attic with four servants' rooms. Above is the actual attic, which was used as storage. An old corrugated wheel , which used to be used to pull building material into the upper floors, is still preserved here. A baroque bell is attached to one of the two dormer windows on the hipped roof .

The building was extensively renovated in 1979. The belfry was restored, the roof was re-covered with clay tiles. The oak beams were still well preserved, the rafters were replaced. The plaster was renewed and painted. The old shutters on the windows on the south and south-east sides have been removed. Since 1975 65 new windows have been gradually installed.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ AK Hömberg: Historical news about aristocratic seats a. Manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners, Issue 17, Münster 1978, p. 22
  2. ↑ Albert Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of the Soest district. (= Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia , volume 16.) Schöningh, Münster / Paderborn 1905, page 56.

Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '12.3 "  N , 7 ° 51' 53"  E