House Ruhr (Bösensell)
Haus Ruhr is a noble residence in the district of Bösensell in the municipality of Senden in the Coesfeld district .
The core of the rectangular mansion dates from the 16th and 17th centuries and was given its current appearance in 1742 as a result of a renovation by the Westphalian baroque master builder Johann Conrad Schlaun . The side wing adapted in style is an addition from 1905–1907. The house is surrounded by a moat. In the northeast corner, a small island is separated by another ditch.
In 1295 a family from Offerhues is named who had the house from the Lords of Lüdinghausen as a fief . Around 1376 the house was in the hands of the von Hamme family as an episcopal fief. The Münster hereditary families Voss and von Belholt followed later. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the property was in the hands of the Lords of Tilbeck until 1585 when the heiress Gertrud von Tilbeck brought it into her marriage to Burkhard von der Ruhr. In 1703 the von und zur Mühlen family bought the Ruhr house, which has been running the estate to this day.
The house houses a large archive of documents and writings as well as a valuable collection of books by the Vredener canon Jodocus Hermann Nünning . The neo-Gothic chapel from 1873 in its current form is younger than the castle.
Web links
- Document requests from the archive of the House of Ruhr / digital Westphalian document database (DWUD)
- Archive NRW
Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ′ 43 " N , 7 ° 30 ′ 28" E