House Laer

Haus Laer is a moated castle in the southeast of Bochum in the Schattbach valley at Höfestraße 45. It is one of the oldest aristocratic residences in the Ruhr area .

history

Already 890 is the " villa Lahari", probably a hamlet or Meierhof , in lifting Register of Will Abbey mentioned. In 1243 the property was first mentioned as "domus Lare" when Count Adolf I von der Mark gave the manor to his follower Heinrich von Vittinghoven as a fief . A castle house is mentioned in 1374. The knight seat has belonged to the von Leithen family since 1480; In 1895 the property was inherited by the Frielinghaus family.

investment

The main house with half-timbered walls rests on an oak pile foundation from the 10th century, which is dated around 940, making it the oldest preserved part of a secular building in Bochum. The house was built in its current form towards the end of the 15th century under Dietrich von Leithe. Part of the moat that used to surround the entire main castle has been preserved. The outer bailey to the north comes mainly from the 18th century. The house houses an impressive collection of documents, the Ruhr area archive of Haus Laer . A remarkable historical cemetery belongs to the complex.

The moat of the house is Laer of the Erbstollen the mine Isabella fed, the surface of the adjacent former Opel plant I crosses under. This tunnel and its subterranean tributaries may (as of 2013) be backfilled for subsequent use as part of the upgrading of the factory premises.

Personalities

Konrad von der Leithen (1772–1829), district administrator for the districts of Dortmund, Hagen and Bochum

literature

Stefan Pätzold: House Laer , in: Burgen auf Ruhr. On the way to 100 castles, palaces and mansions in the Ruhr region . Published by the Ministry for Building and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia / Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Klartext Verlag , Essen 2010, pp. 20–22

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Message from the administration of the city of Bochum, "Factory areas of Adam Opel AG; Investigation status "as of November 28, 2013, template no. 20132689, available via the Council Information System (accessed on November 16, 2013)

51.463055555556 7.2719444444444Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 47 ″ N , 7 ° 16 ′ 19 ″ E

[1] Message from the administration of the city of Bochum, "Factory areas of Adam Opel AG; Investigation status "as of November 28, 2013, template no. 20132689, available via the Council Information System (accessed on November 16, 2013)