House Brenschede

House Brenschede was a knight's seat in today's Bochum district of Wiemelhausen . It was located in the headwaters of the Lottental in the Brenscheder Heide.

The house emerged from a fortified courtyard in 1456 . This was followed by changing feudal relationships before it became free ownership in 1817. At the turn of the 19th / 20th In the 19th century the building, in the immediate vicinity of which several mines were built, was converted into a restaurant. During the Second World War , Haus Brenschede was destroyed by bombs in 1943.

literature

Otto Hülsebusch: From the history of the house and the former Brenschede settlement. In: Vereinigung für Heimatkunde Bochum (Hrsg.): Bochum. Homeland book . Schürmann & Klagges, Bochum 1954, p. 77 ff ( online ).
Albert Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of the district of Bochum-Stadt (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia. Volume 16). Schöningh, Münster 1906, p. 25 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Internet portal on Westphalian history , archive of historical floor maps of Bochum: Excerpt from the Brenschede floor

51.447222222222 7.2308333333333Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 50 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 51 ″ E