House Ruhr (Hengsen)

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The owl wall

The house Ruhr is a lost aristocratic seat in the Holzwicked district of Hengsen. In the Middle Ages , the complex, also known as Rura Castle or, later, Lappenhausen, was one of the most important and largest castles on the Ruhr . Today there are only remnants of the moat and a piece of wall ( owl wall ) in the forest. It was in the south of Hengsen, just above the Ruhr. Today the site is located south of the Schwerte - Fröndenberg railway and east of the Hengsen reservoir .

history

The first documentary mention dates from 1174 in the founding document of the Oelinghausen monastery . The Henricus van ther Rura named there was at the same time master of the neighboring house of Opherdicke . In 1399 a member of the Lappe family can be found at the castle for the first time. Until the death of Anna Margarethe Lappe († July 27, 1671), Haus Ruhr remained in the family's possession for over 270 years. During this time, Bernd I. von Lappe and his son Caspar Lappe (* 1522: † after 1592) had a major influence on the introduction of the Reformation in the parish of Opherdicke. The name Lappenhausen, which is still preserved as a street name in Hengsen, also comes from her family.

In the 18th century the estate fell into disrepair and was demolished before 1777. In 1777, only the name Lapenhaus was mentioned on the topographical chart of the County of Marck , but no “noble estate” was drawn. A farmyard was then built on the castle grounds, which was leveled in 1973 by the Dortmund municipal utilities .

Today (as of 2015) there is only one section of the wall known as the "owl wall" in the forest above ground. The entire area including the remains of the wall has been under monument protection since August 14, 1989 and can be found under number 29 on the list of architectural monuments in Holzwickede .

Web links

  • Haus Ruhr - the Lappen Haus, a sunken castle and its history , part 1 and part 2 in the magazine Aktive Seniors (PDF)

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  1. ↑ Internet portal Westphalian history: Topographische Charte der Grafschaft Marck, 1777

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '58.1 "  N , 7 ° 39' 3.7"  E