House Stockum (Werne)

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House Stockum is the common name for two former castle complexes that were in close proximity to each other, but on different sides of the Lippe . On the north side there was an upper courtyard, which was later expanded into a younger castle, which is usually called Stockum Castle . It was located in the Stockum district , which today belongs to Werne . On the south side was the older castle complex , which is now called Hugenpoth Castle ; their Burgplatz is now in the area of ​​the former municipality of Sandbochum , part of the Hamm-Herringen district of the city of Hamm . Today only remains of both castle complexes are preserved in the ground. Since excavations are expected to provide information about the castle complexes and their inhabitants, the locations of the two castles have been declared a ground monument. The castle complexes passed through several hands. Its most important owners are the members of the de Hüvele family ( von Hövel ).

Demarcation

House Stockum in Werne should not be confused with properties of the same name in Schöppingen , Münster-Vennheide or Willich near Viersen .

history

The two castle complexes are connected to the Herford estate complex, which came from royal possession . A distinction must be made between the Oberhof, known since 858, and a younger castle (Burg Stockum), both on the north side of the Lippe, and the older castle (Burg Hugenpoth) on the south side of the Lippe, which was once the seat of the monastery bailiff. This castle is mentioned for the first time on the occasion of the construction of a castle chapel in 1307 (alternative information: 1357). The chapel served the residents of the parish Stockum as a parish church until the end of the 14th century, but belonged to the parish of Herringen itself.

Map by Johann Bucker, after 1710 - the lip in the area of ​​the Stockum and Hugenpoth houses / Münster State Archives

Around the year 1710 the cartographer Johann Bucker made a drawing of the bank area of ​​the Lippe in the catchment area of ​​the two historical buildings.

Stockum court yard

Schwieters reports the following about the origin of the aristocratic seats in Stockum: Charlemagne used the conquered domains (goods) of the Saxons to reward his servants and to give gifts to the monasteries. So did his grandson Ludwig II the German : in 858 he gave the abbess of the Herford nunnery a large property in Stockheim (Stockum) as a table good . This was done to secure the maintenance of the monastery.

Stockum, previously written Stockheim or Stockhem, was located on the Lippe in the parish of Werne and comprised the main courtyard of the same name. The property included sub- farms in the Dreingau and Brukterergau , i.e. on both sides of the Lippe, a total of thirty farms and sixty serf families, including Schürkmann and Kros in the Herbern parish. On the property, namely the main or office court, there was an office building and an upper court, which was later expanded into a castle. It had higher and lower jurisdiction, blood spells, beer compulsory, excise duties. The court had its own rights and customs, which were recorded in a court law written in 1370.

Like all official courts, Stockum was administered by a Schulzen ( Schultheißen ) appointed by the abbess . He mostly belonged to the knighthood, if not, he could often achieve this dignity later. The mayor collected the dues from the courts, and the lower courts were also entrusted to him. The mayor took care of the transport of wine from the Rhenish possessions of the monastery to Herford Abbey. On her visitation trips, the abbess claimed board and lodging for herself and her large entourage for three days; up to 64 horses had to be looked after during this time.

The district of an official court was called by-catch. The by-catches had a special status under public law. Although the sovereignty of the state was formally recognized, the righteous persons claimed by them were sometimes so extensive that the masters of the by-catches were in fact the owners of the sovereign power.

So the lords of Stockum had higher and lower jurisdiction (over the peasants Stockum, Horst and Wessel), the blood ban, the beer compulsory and the excise in their district, to which the peasants Stockum, Horst and Wessel belonged. They judged crimes and disputes; the blood spell gave them the right of life and death ( people were sentenced to death here on various occasions for witchcraft and executed by fire ). The beer compulsion determined that the courts could only get their beer from the Amtshofe. Goods imported into bycatch, such as wine and food, were subject to a tax called excise. Excises were also the fees that bakers and grocers had to pay for the exercise of their trade. Furthermore, the Amtshof had the right to check the dimensions and weights. The mayor has always had the hunting and fishing rights as well as the office of trademark judge in bycatch.

An important legal right was the protection right over the inhabitants of this area. The aristocratic mayor soon got permission to fortify his official residence or a suitable place by building a castle. In times of feud the security of the peasants depended on such a fixed location. They escaped there with their cattle and their best belongings, which is why they were keen to keep the castle safe. From these circumstances arose the obligation to guard duty, to repair the trenches and to use iron . H. Smash the ice cover on the forts to ward off the enemy.

From 1212 members of the Stockum family held the Stockum office in Herford. From 1290 it was carried by the von Hövel family from the abbey; A court school from this family is documented in 1333. Later they transformed their dependent official position into a knightly independent one. As free feudal lords, they had to have a castle appropriate to their rank. In addition to the rural official court, this was Stockum Castle on the Lippe island.

On March 26, 1381 Lambert von Hovele von Hillegund von Otgenbach, abbess of the secular church and the monastery at Herford, with the consent of her chapter, received permission to create a churchyard and St. John's chapel in the official courtyard. Both were to be given to the Kappenberg monastery in exchange for an equal amount of land.

Around 1650, the Lords of Stockum tried to extend their bycatch to Gottsort in the Nordick farmers. In 1654 they had the mill of the Hardenberg family destroyed and justified this legal procedure by pointing out that the place of God belongs to their bycatch.

How much the gentlemen at Stockum were concerned with safeguarding their rights can be seen from the fact that the road to Werne, as far as it led through their judicial district, was enclosed by thickly overgrown double walls, as was the adjacent Ackerkämpe. With this Landwehr they wanted to make it impossible for the wagons to bypass Stockum Castle, where tolls and tolls had to be set up.

The departmental court was probably given up and demolished in the second half of the 17th century.

Stockum court law from 1370

In a document dated June 24, 1370, Abbess Lysa (von dem Berge) zu Herford declared the following rights of the people of her office in Stochem:

“ 1. As long as someone lives there, may he possess the official property according to official law.
2. If he becomes so old that he can no longer converse (voden), then the heirs of the official property should entertain (voden) him.
3. If one of them dies too, one should not share his inheritance like that of a fully serf man. Let his heirs take his streak, if it is a woman; if it is a man, they should take his heritage and inheritance and follow him into the official property.
4. If a property runs out in such a way that it has no heirs, the mayor - who is the highest tenant of the monastery - should fill it with official people who are dispensable to the official property.
5. The tenant should not sell or replace or inherit official people like serfs.
6. The official people should not take any other than official wives, so that the children remain of the same rank and keep the official rights.
7. But if they act contrary to this and take serf wives, then they lose their rights.
8. That is why the leaseholders should not impose a fine (shadow) on such officials, nor stop or block.
9. But they should pay their right interest and annual rent to the pen, so that they remain unawarned by the top tenant.
10. He should cherish them faithfully and defend them on the lease property or official property.
11. Whoever takes his property, which belongs to the Stockum office, and "underwinds", should give the tenant of the monastery a "lefmodicheyt" (friendliness, levy) according to the instructions of the foremen and the oldest official, also according to law and custom of the Stockum Office.
12. If a man goes away or escapes from office and property in Stockum outside the country or is driven from it out of real need and inequity, the highest tenant of the monastery should not lease his farmstead. He can, however, fill it for nine years with people belonging to the office, to whom he may leave them, or with other people, but only for the same years.
13. But if an official heir can run the farm and fulfill his duties, then he is next to it.
14. If an official man were expelled for one, two or three years, but could arrange it so that you, the abbess, the monastery and the highest tenant, should have your rights and duties annually, so he should keep his court safe.
15.If the landlord becomes so impoverished that he cannot manage the Stockum office's yard, but if he comes to a considerable amount of income afterwards, that he can pay his duties and obligations to the abbess, the pen and the tenant, then one shouldn't do him Referring to the court because it is an official property and he was born to it.
16. If an official man takes an official woman or an official woman takes an official man, then the foreman of the office should assign them to the property of the court with notification of the chief tenant. You are then obliged to a poison which the foreman of the office and the elders in the matter rightly determine for you according to the instructions of the sworn officials.
17. If an official man of the same office takes a woman who is not his equal (enweldich), she should be changed to office. Otherwise the wife and children lose their right of office. What is or will be inadequate in the above-mentioned points may be decided by the official people and jury of the office in the court of Stockum, if she, the abbess or her successor comes there, according to her pen law and instructions of her books. This is the right of the office and also of others, the abbess, people in other offices. "

Stockum court law from 1417

On September 28, 1417, Meckel von Woltege, abbess of the secular monastery at Hervorde, proclaimed the rights of the court and courtiers to her office at Stochem, as follows:

“ Everyone who owns a court or a hoof of the office should be born afterwards and belong in the office and the court forever. The children should be of the same rank (eynweldich), born of father and mother after the office; they should not be exchanged or sold so that the official property is not reduced ("blotted"). Their children should also take inheritance, graces and inheritance if they are official; let it follow them so that they do not become poor or perish on the good. May you, the penitentiary, may receive the best treasure from every dead good. Her mayor should also hold and fix the service and the duty in such a way that the abbess and her pen receive their lease and that the official property is not devastated. They should not serve him more than twice a year (twyge), once with grass and once with straw. Even an officially born Hüfener (hovener) becomes impoverished or emigrates from the country because of feuds or manslaughter, whose court he - the mayor - may occupy for years so that you, the abbess, and her pen as well as the mayor she enfeoffed may have their rights become of everyone, especially according to old custom and law. When he comes back years later, may he have his hooves as before. If he escaped from the hoof without need of his own, he would be entirely her own, the abbess. Nor should they marry in front of others with someone who was not born, changed or given in office. Anyone who violates this (dat vorbreke) is prosecuted by her, the abbess, in court like her own fully guilty people. Whatever Huefner the mayor enfeoffs with a court hoof, Huefner should not give more than he usually gives us to St. Peter in the courtyard. Also, the mayor should not exclude any building or inherited property that has previously been built and rebuilt (?) From the good that is official. He and she would - otherwise - rightly be deprived of the mayor's office; That's how the Hüfner like it too. If the mayor has shifted his lease by two years, then we may refer him to our kemenade in front of our court men with judgment and justice. We may do the same to him when he diminishes the office, the people and the property and impairs their old custom and law without our and our pen knowledge. The Hüfner should also serve willingly and do their duty in the official court according to old custom. "

Stockum court law of 1490 (1492)

On February 3, 1490 (alternatively: 1492) Anna von Honnltstein, abbess of the Freiedelen secular monastery in Herford, stated that the people in her office in Stochem have the right according to the statements of their predecessors and their registers. In other words, the abbess repeats the rights and duties of the court and the courtiers as they were to be read earlier on the same parchment in a copy of the document of 1417 Sept. 28 and in the almost identical three copies of the official letter of the same date.

Stockum court law from 1497

On May 1, 1497, Bonezeth von Limborch, abbess of the free, secular monastery of Herford, proclaimed the rights and duties of the people in her office in Stockem and their mayor there by means of seals, letters and registers from her predecessors and her pen.

Stockum court law from 1580

With a document dated December 12, 1580, Felicitas Countess zu Eberstein, Abbess of the secular monastery Herford and Gerrisheim, announced the rights and duties of the mayor and the people in her office in Stockum, according to the statements of her "Vorfrauen" and register. A note reads u. a .: "Item the letter in Ao. 87 is just as the previous one and the same content is the Ambtsbrieff in Ao. 1606 so wanted to the enfeoffed Schulteten ... as Hovesleuthen."

Stockum court law from 1606

Felicitas Countess zu Eberstein, abbess of the imperial free-world founders Herford and Essen, provost of Vreden, proclaimed the rights and obligations of the mayor and the people of the Stockum office belonging to her monastery on April 24, 1606 based on the statements of her predecessors ("Vorfrauwen") and register.

Stockum court law from 1622

In her official letter of September 5, 1622, Magdalene Countess and Edelfräulein zur Lippe, Abbess of the imperial free world monastery Herford, announced in exactly the same wording as her predecessor Felicitas Countess zu Eberstein in the official letter of 1606 April 24 - the rights and duties of the mayor and the people their Stockum office belonging to Herford Abbey after "Pronunciation" of their "Vorfrauwen" and register.

Stockum court law from 1667

Another official letter is dated October 5, 1667.

Stockum Castle

Stockum Castle, with which all the aforementioned rights were connected, was on the right bank of the Lippe. The Burgplatz, which was located on the site of today's sports field, can no longer be recognized as such. The earth movements during the construction of the Gersteinwerk , the Werner Bahn and the soccer field have almost completely erased traces.

This castle was first mentioned in documents in the 12th century. The first lords of the castle were the Knights of Stockum, who were appointed as Schulzen by the Abbess of Herford. In 1280 a man named Godfrid received the property as a fief. Opposite this castle, on the left bank of the Lippe, was a second castle complex, which also belonged to the Lords of Stockum and later became known as Burg Hugenpoth.

Around 1300 the Lords of Stockum were followed by the Lords of Hövel , who had their headquarters in the village of Hövel . They got both castles as fiefdoms, plus the Schulzenamt. Around the year 1400 Hugenpoth came to the Counts of the Mark , while Stockum Castle remained with the von Hövel family with all rights.

The von Hövel did not take the Brandenburg - Münster border into consideration. Stockum Castle, its official courtyard and the bulk of the courtyards lay on Munster soil; the castle island of Stockum with the later Hugenpoth Castle, however, was under the rule of the Marks.

Lambert von Hövel, Schulze zu Stockum is named in the documents, who in 1307 or 1357 (alternative information) had a chapel built near the castle with the permission of the Archbishop of Cologne. In this context, he was ordered to visit the Herring parish church with his family at high festivals. In 1375 Lambert von Hövel (possibly someone else) donated a chapel to the people of Stockum near his court. This time, Münster granted the approval, as the official courtyard and the chapel grounds were in the area of ​​the parish of Werne.

On June 22nd, 1429 a Lambert von Hövel, son of Godeke, was enfeoffed with office and court Stockum by the Herford abbess Mettele von Waldecke. With the division contract of the von Hövel family regarding the property in Stockum including the fishing and right of way of September 7, 1430, the Stockum property was divided among various family members:

“ Johan von Hovell, blessed Lambert's son, his wife Johanna, their children Berent, Bate, Gertrudt and Johanna, Richtmoeth von Hoevel, blessed Goddeken's wife, and their children Lambert, Gert, Diederich, Johan, Alecke, Bate, Richtmoith and Godecke have come to an agreement and, on the advice of their friends and stomach, conclude the following swap agreement (wesselung and buitzunghe): The married couple Johan and Johanna von Hovel and their children should keep the Vockenwinkel with the old ditch at the Hovener's piece, and the Oestmer from the new lip and fishing on the Vormersche, also fishing from the new Lippe on, down the Lippe to the outlet of its water, exit and entrance. Johan von Hovell should keep the way with the Boitweg, as the old arbitration letters show in this regard. Johan von Hovell should also create a path in the new Kampe up to the Burgweg from the Becke. They (namely Richtmoeth and their children) are supposed to help him raise (hoighen) the way. Both should fence the path, one on the west side and the other on the east side from the Lippe to Burgweg. On the other hand, Richtmoith von Hovell and her children get Johans Platz zu Stockem, as he had fallen into his part, as well as the fishing and the trenches up to the new Lippe, as evidenced by the old letters of arbitration, except for the basin that goes through his Kamp to Burgweg . Johan von Hovell should clear the space from the building (timmer) to Michaelis in the next year. Richtmoith and her children are also said to have a hedge up to Johans Kamp "in the orde der wische" of Hof zu Stockem from Haverkamp. Furthermore, they who keep the other part of the house at Stockem should have a way to drive and ride over Johan's bridge over the Lippe into the Land of the Mark. They are also said to have fishing from Johans Graben to the right over the Mersch from the Vockenwinkel and the Spicke at the Vormersch of the Lippe on the exit and entrance. You should keep the lip up to the stream. They are also said to have a ship from Johan's water section over the Vormersch to the Ostmersch. They swear a truce and vow to adhere to the points mentioned, with Johan and Lambert von Hovell swearing to the saints with upright fingers and graduated oaths.

Exhibitor / recipient / sealer: Announced sealers: Johan von Hovell at the same time for his wife Johanna and their children, Lambert von Hovell at the same time for his mother Richtmoith and his siblings, also their friends and stomach Johan von Hovell zu Solde, Johan Kloeth zu Nortellen, Herman von Herberen, Coerth Staell and Herman von Neim called the Duischer. "

On October 1, 1443, Lambert von Hoveles, Godeken's son, was again enfeoffed by Margarete von Glychen, Abbess of Herford. Gert von Hövel, son of Godenkens, was enfeoffed with the court of Stockum by the same abbess on June 14, 1453.

A document dated August 1, 1463 contains a confirmation of a mortgage note on the Stockum House by Johan Herzog von Cleve and Graf von der Mark for Coirt von der Laighe:

“ Johan Herzog von Cleve and Graf von der Mark stated that Coirt von der Laighe and his wife ... had letters starting with 1000 rhein. Gulden on the house in Stochem op der Lippe. The late Gerart von Cleve von ("neither the") Coirt and his wife had this (?) Money for 500 rhein. Gulden bought ("cooked") ... ... rhein. Gulden ... ... and the other 250 rhein. Gulden were still unpaid on the day of Gerart's death, for which Coirt and his wife ... who then paid Derick von Hoevel for her and with his, the Duke's, consent as the successor of his uncle Gerart to Coirt and thus satisfied him with regard to the unpaid 250 gulden Has. He, the Duke, had now officially ordered Derick von Hoevel to own the house in Stochem, including accessories and all the rights that his uncle received with the purchase, and transferred it to his descendants, the Count von, for the 250 guilders the Mark, Behuf and the best. After paying homage and oath he was also allowed to sit undisturbed in the house until he, the duke, and his descendants had paid the 250 guilders. During this time Derick von Hoevel and his heirs are supposed to keep the house "in redelicken gereke ind noetbuwe" at their own expense. The Duke, his successors and his followers should always "dairaff ind op behelpen myt veden ind different tege alremalck" during this time, since it was their open house. The heirs and successors of Derick's property should make the same vows and oaths of allegiance to the Duke and his successors within one month of the inheritance as Derick did "in vur Werden ind maiten vurß", including their sealed letters in drawn form. It is also stated here that Derick von Hoevel and his brother Johan von Stochem, who both believe that they "bumped" him, the Duke, for having lost horses, do not allow Derick to make a claim as long as the house does not belong to them , as I said, will be replaced, which will not be connected to them either for their supposed demand or any other "opslach" than just the 250 guilders until the redemption happens and the house then belongs to the Duke and his descendants again. If Derick von Hövel or his heirs give back 750 guilders to the duke or his descendants, then the duke is said to be deprived of the rights of the money and rights that he acquired with the purchase of Coirt from the Laighe and his wife, for the sake of Derick von Hoevel. Nevertheless, the Stockem house should then be and remain an open house for the Duke and his descendants, the Counts of the Mark.

Siegler: The Duke. "

Gert von Hövel had two sons, another Gert (Gerd Krakerugge) and a Gödeke (Gödecke, Godert) von Hövel. With a deed dated October 16, 1482, Gert von Hövel was enfeoffed with office and court to Stockum by Anna von Honoltsteyn, Abbess Herford. In 1490 there were first arguments between the brothers and the abbess, as a document dated June 26, 1490 shows:

" Title: Property

comparison between the abbess of the Herford monastery and the brothers Godeke and Gert von Hovele The" gebreke, twyst and twynghe "which existed for a while between Anna von Honnoltsteyn, abbess of the secular monastery at Herford, on the one hand, and the brothers Godeke and Gert von Hovele on the other hand because of the official court and the office to Stockem from Mr. Herman von Langen, provost of St. Mauritius, Berndt von Lyntell, Herman von Langen the young, Goderd von Hovele, Bauldewyn von Kneyhem, Wilhem Stael, Meister, Hinrik Voget, Canon of Munster, Sander Morrien and Lambert Belholt settled in the following comparison through quality negotiations: First the abbess Gert von Hovele is to enfeoff with the office of Stockem and his old and new accessories. Since there were infirmities around the delivery of the pigs and the grain solely for the sake of the wine transport, which the officials are obliged to perform their office annually - the pigs and the grain have been unborn and unborn with the officials since the ("seder") death of Gerd von Hovele vorbleven "- Gert von Hovele is supposed to take the pigs that have not yet been delivered and also the grain and warn the officials, but in such a way that they therefore remain" unwordorven ". For this, Gert is supposed to give his madam 20 Upper Rhine guilders from the hour In order for Gert to be "recognized by the authorities" when the pigs and grain are warned, and so that the abbess appears grateful to him, she allows him, by virtue of this letter, to "he lyvet and levet" for as long as his life ", half of the pigs and grain that the abbess and her pen have taken from the officials and are obliged to give them annually are to be" lifted and borne "for his faithful work. He should remind the abbess of the other part of the pigs and the grain and allow them to be consumed without any "besperinge eder bysprake". Since the Amtshof zu Stockem, which the von Hovele have under "erer ploech" and Gert's father was allowed to manage for 20 years by the abbess Margarete von Gelichen according to an open, sealed letter, is not confiscated, but the 20 years " Vorlopen und Vorleden ", the abbess, by virtue of this letter, allows Gert to use and use the court yard for eight years as she wishes, subject to the abbess's annual rent. Two friends of the abbess and Gerts von Hovele should agree on the amount of the rent, who then pays the fixed rent for this period. The von Hovele family is hereby ordered that the wood belonging to the official court and the estates remains "unvorhouwen and unforest" if wood is cut to build houses and repair rafts and fish weirs. After the eight years the abbess should occupy the Amtshof zu Stockem with the officials of the office, if Gert von Hovele could not reach an agreement with the abbess by then, so that he would receive grace and justice, "so dat oltsedelich gewest ys". She should and wants to keep Gert von Hovele at the Stockum office, but on the condition that Hovele also tries to bring her back "by mallickanderen". Also, Hovele should not move, sell or transfer the property belonging to the office without the permission of the abbess. She should and also wants to send two of her friends to the nearest "mydwynter" to Stockem after Hovele has been informed beforehand by her. Then he should take two too. These four are supposed to inspect and appraise a number of official heirs (dor seyn and over weghen), of which both parties are informed, and come to an agreement with regard to the transfer of pigs from the heirs. Siegler: the abbess, Gert von Hovele and at his request the Dedinges people Provost Herman von Langen, Bernd von Lyntell, Herman von Langen the boy and Lambert Belholt. - Hinrich Vogt von Elspe, Canon of Munster, declares as Dedingesmann with his own hand that the aforementioned settlement was made with the will of both parties.

Exhibitor / Recipient / Siegler: Siegler: The Abbess, Gert von Hovele and, at his request, the Dedinges people Provost Herman von Langen, Bernd von Lyntell, Herman von Langen the Young and Lambert Belholt. - Hinrich Vogt von Elspe, Canon of Munster, declares as Dedingesmann with his own hand that the aforementioned settlement was made with the will of both parties. "

On August 14, 1490, Gerdt von Hövel was again enfeoffed with office and court to Stockum, this time by Abbess Anna von Honulstein, and then again by Bonezeth von Iymborch on September 22, 1494.

Finally the brothers were declared forfeited because of Felonie (breach of loyalty to the feudal lord). From May 31, 1496, there is a judgment of the day of lieu:

" Hermannus Preckel, sworn judge of the noblewoman Bonezeth von Lymborch, abbess of the freiedel and secular monastery at Herford, declares that before him on a real, right, prescribed, obligatory day of refusal and judgment" in the sadell der Ebdige "and in the presence of the abbess the honorable master Hinrich Sorp, bailiff etc. has come. He, the judge, then had "introduced" that his madam had sometimes, through messengers and servants, let the brothers and miners Godeke and Gerdt von Hovel "manen, uteren and eisschen" because of their interest, debts and leases that they had Abbess from the office of Stochem as well as other heirs and goods belonging to the abbess but who have been transferred for a long time are obliged to pay. That would have disobeyed them. So this court day was arranged for the von Hovel brothers according to feudal law with other canons, who were also present, for a merit negotiation by him, the judge, in agreement with the abbess, in order to give her their own for the damage they suffered and both of them To hold brothers accountable for disobedience and long petitions. In the course of the rights to which he was entitled, he had "gheeyschet" her three times in the presence of the abbess, her sworn councilors and canons, "dared and vorgaddert". Since neither she nor an authorized representative appeared in spite of the abbess's summons and commands by her messengers, servants and various letters, but everything is useless, judgment and justice are required of him, the judge, "dat erer gnade full and right ( ge) sche and van Hovel neyn wrong ". Thereupon it was recognized by the sworn councilors and canons for justice that, if the von Hovel fail to appear, "mydt vorsmelekynghe der boden und gerichte nycht ock betalen", the abbess according to feudal law horrify her of the same goods and others who annually give her theirs give of it, so that the Stochem office with the other heirs and estates and their accessories may, according to the feudal law, give the rights, customs and habits of the Herford Abbey into other hands. Witnesses: the sworn canons and dignitaries, including Wessel Hanenboem and Johan Sceffer.

Siegler: The judge and the aforementioned canons. "

Gert de Hüvele then built Beckedorf Castle near Ascheberg - Herbern and declared it his residence, after which he also named himself ( Gert de Hüvele at Beckedorf Castle ). At the urging of Gert de Hüvele on September 24, 1505, House Stockum was enfeoffed again, while Gödeke was excluded from Hövel. Thereupon a dispute broke out between Gert and Gödeke, who demanded House Stockum as allod . The dispute over Haus Hövel ended on April 24, 1509 with a settlement between the brothers, which Gert permanently awarded Haus Stockum, while Gödeke was awarded the property in which he lived at the time.

" With the help of the worthy Mr. Godtfridus von Hovell and Herman von" Hovell "- must read:" Horde "-, Canon of the Church of Munster, Evert von Mervelde and Herman von Ascheberg, there is a comparison between Godeke von Hovell and his wife on the one hand and Gert von Hovell, on the other hand, in all disputes over paternal and maternal inheritance, payment of some pensions, and sale of some goods from their father or ancestors.

Godeke von Hovell and his wife should keep the house and the yard with its ramparts and fisheries, which he currently lives in, the Kuhkamp from the mill to the path from the old square to his house in the castle garden, and also the garden in front of his house. In addition, he is to receive the mill at Stockum and pay all the pensions prescribed up to now without harm to Gerts von Hovell. If he wants half of the mill back, he should have half a year with Martini with 400 Oberland. Rhine. Redeem gold guilders and take over half of the pension that has been prescribed up to now. But if Godeke had redeemed something, then he should give him back half of it before the repurchase happens. Because the sexton in Kappenberg is prescribed 2 ½ guilders for 50 guilders from Gert alone, Gert should also pay the annual pension from it without harming Godeken. In addition, Godeke should keep the Kämpe that Knipping owned and all claims to the Bruggenhof for his and his heirs' benefit and "orbar".

In contrast, Gert is said to have the right to the house in Stockum and the old square with the ramparts and ditches. If Gd does not end the matter of the house in six years, then this should be a matter for both heirs. Godeke is also supposed to settle his two sisters without harm to Gerts. Godeke and Gert are supposed to take four friends who will stand by them in the division of goods and debts, which has been carried out up to Nativitatis Johannis Baptistae (June 24th), and confirm the division with a letter and seal. Whoever breaks this contract is said to have "fallen for legal school" and immediately 500 rhein. To pay guilders. The duplicate settlement is cut apart for each party into two identical parts using the letters A, B, C, D. Witnesses: Mr. Berndt Streiholt, Vicar zu Werne, and Master Hendrich Seveker, notary of the court.

Written and signed by the notary Johannes Locke. "

On April 5, 1516 Gert was enfeoffed again by Bonezeth von Lymborch (Limburg) with the Stockum office. The dispute over the other paternal and maternal goods dragged on until Gödeke von Hövel's death in 1519. Only on March 6, 1520 was there a comparison between Gert and Godert's widow, through which a final settlement could be made.

In 1527 Gert von Hövel and his wife Fie pledged the goods in Beckedorf, Wessel and Stockum to Eberwin Droste zu Munster for a loan of 250 gold guilders. On November 11, 1534 Anna von Lymborch, abbess of the secular monastery of Herford, pledged all her and her monastery duty, lease and debt of her official court in Stockhem with all accessories in the monastery of Münster and parish in Werne, the Gerdt von Hovell and his Brother Godeke had received "allrede" for 100 guilders from their predecessor Bonezet von Lymborch in pledge, for 50 full rhein to Gerdt von Hovell. It was not Johann von Gert's sons who inherited the property of the deceased father, but Berndt von Hövel on July 14, 1540. According to Spormacher, he died a few years later:

“ Bernt von Hövel to Bickentorp was in 1546 to Herbern tor Sellschopp with other Junkhern in the tavern (inn), and as he dar avendts to huis ryden wolde, is syn pert with eme gelopen up the Rennebom before syn herte; storte von dem perde, umd bleiv hastlick doit sunder some sprake; word to Werne buried benessen the Kerkhoff up Gudensdag avends na Pinxten, and word darna ober dre mants tydes up the Kerkhoff buried. "

The widow of Godeke von Hövel then tried in favor of her daughters, who were married to Helmich Kessel and Henrich Wrede, to enforce claims against the widow Bylie of Berndt von Hövel and their underage children to have half of the office and fiefdoms at Stockum. The abbess of Herford did not agree to this and instead enfeoffed Berndt's underage children with the Stockum estates, initially administered by Johan von Langen zu Koebinck.

In 1558 the Herford abbess Anna zu Limburg enfeoffed the school office at Hof Stockum to Heidenrich von Aschenbergh zu Byinck. Since the court was previously enfeoffed to von Hövel, the latter should pay a compensation sum to von Hövel for the separation. This refused and in return devastated the official court. The new mayor then followed a tough line, defended the Amtshof against further attacks, advocated the repair of Herford goods that the von Hövel had not taken care of, and had defaulting debtors seized. On December 10th, he applied to set up a prison for the unruly.

On March 26, 1566 Johann von Bruggeney, known as Hasenkamp, ​​received from Margarethe Countess and Edelfräulein zur Lippe, abbess of the secular monastery Herford, the entire office of Stockem with the official court, heirs and property as well as all accessories to Lehn. Johann von Brüggenei (von Hassenkamp) was married to Walburga, daughter of Gödeke von Hövel. On March 5, 1567, Berndt and Johann, the children of the late Bernhard von Hövel, concluded a settlement in which the paternal property was divided; Beckedorf went to Johann.

1571 declared

“ Margareta Gräfin zu der Lippe, abbess of the freiedelen and secular monasteries Herford and Freckenhorst, that at the time of her predecessor Anna Countess zu Lymborch, daughter of Styrum, between Heidenrich von Ascheberg (+) zu Bigginch on the one hand and the heirs of Bernhardt von Hoevel zu Beckendorf on the other hand, as did Johan Hasenkamp because of his third-party wife for a long time about their Herford monastery office, court and property in Stockum. With the help of her Prince Johannes, Bishop of Munster and administrator of the Osnabrück and Paderborn Monasteries, she got along completely with the parties in sealed recesses.

She therefore enfeoffs Berndt von Hoevel, blessed Berndt's son, to Mitbehuf Johan Hasenkamps because of his wife with the entire office of Stockum, with the court there and the associated goods and kotten as well as with all accessories in the Münster monastery, in the county of Markk and in the vestibule of Recklinghausen, with the exception of the west house and Tideman's legacy, with which, according to the recess mentioned, Johann von Ascheberch enfeoffed. Berndt von Hoevel paid homage to her and swore as a feudal man owes his master. After his death, the fief will be given to her and then Hoevel's heirs for himself and for Hasenkamp's heirs, who were born by his current wife, will be enfeoffed with it. Hoevel and Hasenkamp are supposed to pay the Herford Abbey the annual leases of money, corn and pigs from the farms, heirs, Kotten and goods by means of their lease books and lease registers, with the exception of the leases of the Kotten, who according to the contract Hoevel and Hasenkamp with theirs during their lifetime , the abbess, withheld permission. "

On October 1, 1571, Berndt von Hövel married Gerlich von Raesfeldh zu Hameren. In the following years Johann von Brüggenei was appalled by the emperor. Nevertheless, he did not want to do without his goods. On November 30, 1577, Berndt de Hüvele ran into the tenants with 76 men and seized the lease. Johann Hassenkamp did not put up with this. The resulting feud led to a stablehand from Hassenkamp shooting Bernd de Hüvele with a rifle loaded with two bullets and pieces of dried bacon.

In a document dated April 30, 1578, it says:

" Before the papal and imperial, also enrolled Speyer at the Imperial Court of Appeal and approved Notary of Munster diocese, John Althena, Arnold borne by Raisfeldt and Henrich from Marck before that on 29 November last year 1577 Bernhardt of Hovell to Beckendorf by a number of Johan Hasenkamp's servants who, as they said, had come from Hasenkamp's house "with good judgment" had been shot. Johan Hasenkamp reported "against all grunt der warheit" in a letter to the government of this monastery issued on Dec. 1, 1577, that Hovell had first released Hasenkamp's servant Caspar Adams with a hand-held rifle, the powder was on the Pan attacked, but probably due to rain the night before the shot did not go off. Most recently, Caspar Adams claimed to have shot Hovell "with a rudder", but he was unconscious of whether he had hit him. Hovell's "Kloppfer" was frightened by the shot and Hovell would have been thrown off and fell on the neck due to his excessive jump. Hovell's friendship would have responded to this untrue account with good reason in a letter dated February 13th of this year to the gentlemen of the government and asked for further truthful reports, so that the undeniable truth and the fair "contradiction" to Hasenkamps "could have been found "Information may come to light. The gentlemen of the government were supposed to inspect Hovell's rifle, clothes and everything else that he had carried and had with him at the time of his death. This means that it can be sufficiently attested that Hovell did not break his neck, but that "murderously" was brought from life to death by "sulky shit" and that Hasenkamp's statements were written against the truth.

Because the inspection required by Hovell's friendship has been delayed so far, Raesfeldt and Marck have packed the clothes and cans, as they had been picked up from the mud and Hovel after the deed, in a "Kraemkorf", brought them here and brought him , asks the notary for an initial written report "in specie" for future proof of which he should issue one or more instruments for you.

As a result, a tied rubbish basket was brought to him, the notary, in which, after opening it, there were two cocked and loaded fire-boxes with heaped powder, "one of which had cranes on it and both sockets had been placed in front and completely sullied with dirt" Hovells leather wambs and "swarte turns cap", very dirty, in which there was a large shot and burned hole on the right arm, from which it can be seen that this hole was created by a shot that "with bacon and nephew loet with hagell loaded being, darneffen blessed Hovells gestricket foderhembt, on which hembdes right mouwen ock found a large hole shot. " Likewise, blood was found around his neck and chest on his shirt, from which it can be seen that Hovell was badly wounded.

Witnesses: Bitter von Raisfeldt, Canon of St. Mauritz, Henrich von der Marck, the brothers Arnoldt and Johan von Raisfeldt, Balthazar von Amelunxen, Rentmeister zur Wolbecke, Anthonius Hurkamp and the clockworker Peter von Bangelt. "

The von Hassenkamp family then seem to have lived in Stockum Castle for a while: On July 27, 1579, Felicitas enfeoffed Countess von Eberstein, Abbess of the Herford Monastery, to Johann von Brüggenei with the entire office of Stockum. When the de Hüvele family regained full jurisdiction, they had a man executed. The von Hassenkamps did the same, executing a tenant of the estate. The dispute resulted in a trial and a feud that would last for almost 200 years.

In 1603 the von Hassenkamps appeared in front of Stockum Castle and shot them with almost 200 rounds. The de Hüvele family then sought protection from the bishop in Münster. He had von Hassenkamp taken to prison in Warendorf for several murder cases . However, he was released on bail a short time later.

On July 13, 1604, Felicitas enfeoffed Countess zu Everstein, abbess of the imperial freiedelen, secular founder of Herford and Essen and provostess of Verden, canon Wessel of Bruggenei called Hasenkamp zu Stockum with the office of Stockum. On July 13, 1616 the office changed under the same abbess to Johan von der Bruggeney, notarized by the representative Wernerus Schottler.

A comparison dated September 2, 1611 between Gerlich von Hovell with Pagensteck and other creditors about the possession of House Beckedorf:

" After years of discussion of Beckendorff's goods at the ecclesiastical official court in Münster and finally taking possession of these goods by way of immission by the creditors over 30 years ago, the widow Gerlich von Hövell, born von Raesfeldt zu Beckendorff, and her son Bitter von Hovell, want to become canons of the Wimpfen monastery (on the Neckar), and her daughter resp. Sister Petronella von Hovell, Abbess of Bocholt, to get these goods back from the hands of the creditors, especially Andras Pagensteck as the oldest, so that interest rates do not increase further, no major damage and disadvantages arise and, above all, the goods "again With the right blood, names and origins of which Hovell brought as much as possible and the dwelling or seat of Beckendorpf, which completely and even bawfellich, tachless and otherwise the ditch landed, also again put something in better food and preserved.

The mother of Hovell and her two children therefore authorize her daughter and sister Sybille von Hovell, canoness and sexton of the Langenhorst monastery, to negotiate with Pagensteck and other creditors, to gain their interest and the mortgages that those " Virtute Immissionis or sunst own to take over themselves, but only jure creditoris ", as well as repair and repair the dilapidated house as far as possible. On the other hand, the mother and her two children undertake that Sybille should not hand over the goods that the creditors have brought to them before she has actually and fully reimbursed the money invested, the invoiced repair costs for the Beckendorff headquarters and other necessary expenses and Sybille had done "admiration and reimbursement" for her effort and work, for which she had seal letters, receipts, contracts, recesses and the like from the registry, which she needed in her negotiations with the creditors and which she was supposed to reposition in the registry should be issued. One key to the registry is said to be with Gerlich von Raesfeldt, the other with Sybille, "so that one without the other's knowledge and will alone does not have to come to the registry and search it to his liking."

Sybille von Hovell, on the other hand, declares with reservation that she does not mean in any other way, "only jure creditorum to attract the interest" and this time not to interfere with the inheritance. She also undertakes not to hand over or assign the goods she has brought to any stranger, especially Hasenkampf zu Stockum, who has already taken quite a few from Pagensteck and otherwise, unless she has informed her mother and siblings. If she wants some means of continuing and bringing the discussion process to an end, then this is to be "effected" at the same expense on all sides. If meetings and daily services have to be held, then each should do so without burdening the other. No treaty should be entered into with Hasenkampf without ratification by the brother. Should there be any income from the goods owned by the creditors in the event of death or inheritance, then this should be used and invested in the repair of the Beckendorff house.

Announced handwritten signatures of the mother of Hovell and her three children under the triple issued recess. "

On May 1, 1617, a transfer agreement was finally concluded for the Beckendorf property:

“ Bitter von Hovell, Canon of the Wimpfen Monastery, and his sister Sybille von Schnetlage zu Wulffen, born von Hövel, close with the approval of their brother-in-law, respectively. Husband Gisbert Georg von Schnetlage signed a contract. Because after a contract signed some time ago between Bitter von Hovell and Sybille and her sister (Petronella) - cf. Urk. 1611 Sept. 2 - Sybille should accept her parents' seat Beckendorff, repair and rebuild, negotiate as much as possible for relief with the creditors and promote everything as best as possible, she spent a lot not only on the necessary repair of the Beckendorff house, but also by Her base Sybille von Hovell, Abbess of Vlaßumb, because of the adult advance payment and branch quota of six or more thousand Rtlr. obtained an assignment, has now married Schnetlage, no longer wants to stay with Beckendorff's goods and want to be settled, one compares himself to the fact that Bitter von Hovell to his sister Sybille 1000 Rtlr. and in the following period another 1000 Rtlr. paid. After payment has been made, Sybille is to hand over her claim to her brother Bitter von Hovell for the expenses applied, the discussion and repairs that have taken place so that, after payment, he gains free access to the Beckendorff house and goods, takes possession of them and can do and leave with them what may happen for the good of his sister. A detailed contract should be drawn up when paying on the first date. Should this date not be kept, however, this settlement should cease to be in force, but the abbess in Flaßheim should be able to make her annual graduation and ratification reserved in the assignment.

Announced sealers with handwritten signatures: The siblings of Hovell and GG von Schnetlage. "

On October 21, 1621 von Hövel, impoverished for decades, had to sell all rights to Haus Hövel and Haus Beckedorf to Johan von Bruggeney called Hasenkamp:

" Before the official of the ecclesiastical court in Münster, the married couple Gisbert Georg von Schnetlage zu Wulffen and Sybille von Hovell transferred to Johan von Bruggeney called Hasenkampf zu Weitmar, Mr. zu Stockum, and his wife Johanna von Aldenbockum all goods, claims, claims, Interest, rights and justice, which Sybilla von Hovell redeemed and maintained because of her child's share, including the improvements to buildings and estates, as well as due to the assignment of the house and property obtained from the abbess of Vlasumb and confirmed by the judge to hold Beckendorf in the court of Stockum and parish Werne and should receive it in the future, for 2400 Rtlr., The receipt of which the seller confirms. However, this is done with the addition that Hasenkampf pays Merveldt's 600 Rtlr., Saurman 100 Rtlr., Also Saurman and Heywerdt 1200 Dutch Taler, all including interest from Graveltskamp and the bonds thereof including a bond of 150 Rtlr Hasenkampf laid out himself, the Schnetlage couple consigned, also the abbess of Vlasumb during her lifetime to Martini 20 Rtlr annually. pays. The buyers can do whatever they want with the goods. To this end, the sellers give them all their letters and seals, obligations and immissions that they own and should obtain in the future. The sellers take an oath to keep the buyers harmless, pledge all their current and future, movable and immovable belongings to them as pledge and waive any legal excuses as well as the beneficium senatus consulti Velleiani and other freedoms that women enjoy to be entitled. At the request of the parties, the court decree of this contract will be deposited.

Announced sealer: the official with the seal of the court of Münster. Signature of the sworn clerk at the episcopal court in Münster, Hermannus Bordewiek. Witnesses: Friederich Nierman and Johan Schotteler, both servants of the princely-Münster seal chamber. "

On February 1, 1630 Arnoldt von Bohmer (Arnold von Boymer / Böhmer / Bäumer) was enfeoffed with the office of Hövel by Magdalene Countess and Fräulein zu der Lippe, abbess of the imperial free secular monastery of Herford. Boemer helped Bitter von Hövel to judge the Stockum fiefdom back from the Brüggeneis, if they let him use some of their goods for it, notarized on April 6, 1629:

“ On April 6, 1629, between Bitter von Hovell zu Stockheim and Beckendorf, Canon, Senior and Curator zu Wimpfen, on the one hand, and Arnoldt von Boemer zu Cobbing, Geisteren and Aldenhoven, Kaiserl. Reichshofrat, electoral prince. cologne and princely Osnabrück councilor, chamberlain, marshal and Drost zu Fürstenau and Fürden, as well as his wife Catharina born. On the other hand, it was negotiated by Splinter and it was decided that Boemer would assist Bitter von Hovell in his feudal affair won against Johan von Bruggeney called Hasenkampf, which was appropriate to the place and according to the requirements of the matter, so that he could obtain his right and possession of the Stockum feudal property, namely the office and Court Stockum and its accessories, as Hövell's ancestors owned, were protected as much as possible and he was helped in the process of the allodial goods belonging to him in part. In return, Hovell has promised "out of a family affection" that Boemer will receive the feudal property with the permission of the feudal wife and that all of his Beckendorfer allodial goods with all associated rights and burdens will be assigned to Mr. and Mrs. von Boemer, for which Boemer will give him, Hovell, a secure sum of money is to pay a certain amount of time, but with the proviso that Hovell can use the goods throughout his life, as recorded and signed by both contracting parties and according to which Boemer has already advanced part of the money. It has also already been achieved that Boemer, with Hovell's consent, has been enfeoffed from time immemorial with Stockum and all accessories like those of Hovell at his own expense.

To be on the safe side, both parties now conclude another settlement, according to which Hovell not only approves and approves Boemer's lending, but also both parties are sure of ownership and usufruct in any case. So Hovell not only lets his brother-in-law and niece von Boemer into possession of the fief and accessories, as he currently owns it and will receive due to the judgment, "really come along and intrenter", but also transfers the received loan to Boemer Real possession as he currently has and will get it, as if he were using and enjoying it himself. Therefore, "all officers of glory and justice to Stockum both, so that of Hovell wanted to be sworn in as von Boemer" and all incomes and divisions of jurisdiction and goods between the two of them equally shared and paid out. The officers as well as the tenants of the feudal estates and the wage earners who have received the anus mortgage should be told and inculcated that all of them, by virtue of this resolution, are only Bitter von Hovell, but after his death Mr. and Mrs. von Boemer and should not acknowledge any other than their rule, be loyal and gracious to them, obedient and dutiful. Hovell should immediately send Boemer a list of all writings, letters and seals belonging to the goods and agree with him on how to keep them. On the other hand, Boemer and his wife waived the annual pension of 1,000 Rtlr., Which her brother-in-law and cousin von Hovell had promised in the contract concluded on April 6, 1629 and promised the purchase, cession and contract pennies agreed between them, as far as they still had have not been paid.

Both parties, one to the other, take an oath in lieu of pledging all their possessions and goods, to keep the above contract and give up all conceivable objections and excuses that could be contrary to the contract. They want to ask their feudal wife and also their sovereign to authorize and confirm the contract. Witnesses: Petrus von Bulderen, licentiate in law and lawyer of the city of Collen, as well as Bernhardt Vierdenhalven, licentiate in law and lawyer in Münster. "

Accordingly, from 1630 onwards, Bitter de Hüvele zu Beckedorf leased the estate to Arnold Freiherr von Böhmer for 7,000 thalers a year. A receipt dated July 2, 1637 confirms:

“ Bitter von Hovell, custos and senior of the Wimpfen im Thal monastery, acknowledges the married couple Arnoldt Freiherrn von Bömer and Catharina born. von Splinter, his brother-in-law and his cousin, after they had undertaken in a reversal given on July 20, 1631, to pay a certain sum of money for the ceded Stockum loan and Beckendorf allodial goods, the receipt of these funds. He reserves the right that the buyer will pay him the promised 60 Reichstaler annually throughout his life and his debt to Herman von Merfeldt zu Westerwinkel and his mother, a capital debt of 500 or 600 Rtlr., But with the accrued interest a total debt of around 1000 Rtlr., Pay or compare with Merfeld about it and have the relevant obligation handed over to you. "

Arnold von Böhmer won the abbess of Herford for himself. On January 14, 1647, Sidonia Gräfin zu Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, Fraulein zu Jever and Kniphausen, abbess of the imperial free secular monastery Herford, enfeoffed Frantz Wilhelm Freiherrn von Boymer and zu Rimburg with the entire office and court of Stockum, represented by Bernhard Vierdenhalben, Licentiate in law and councilor of the city of Münster.

The dispute over the Stockum estates continued between the Böhmers and the Brüggeneis, as can be seen in a document from 1649:

" Ratification B for the transfer of the Stockum property between widow Johanna von Hasenkampf and widow Catharina Freifrau von Boemer

Contains: The widow Johanna von Hasenkampf geb. von Aldenbockum, Caspar von der Bruggeney called Hasenkampf, Canon of Bremen and Hildesheim, and Sophia Gertrud von der Bruggeney called Hasenkampf from the House of Stockum and Weitmar testify that their deceased husband resp. Father Johan von der Bruggeney called Hasenkampf, Herr zu Stockum and Weitmar, had a serious dispute with the late Arnold Freiherrn von Boeymer and zu Rimburg and his son Frantz Wilhelm some time ago because of the Stockum allodial and feudal estates. On the basis of an order given by the Elector of Cologne to the Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, the Provost of Paderborn and Chancellor Buschmann, a recourse and settlement was concluded on May 4, 1648 and August 11 of this year 1649, the ratification and approval of which are now required is. It should therefore hereby be between the widow Catharina Freifrau von Boeymer, nee. Splinter and her son Frantz Wilhelm Freiherr von Boeymer on the one hand and the son and brother of the above named Johan von der Bruggeney called Hasenkampf, on the other hand, have been ratified and approved closed recesses, which one now promises to keep firmly and inviolably in the case of pledging of belongings. "

On March 12, 1650, Frantz Wilhelm became Freiherrn von Boeymer and zu Rimburg, represented by Dethmarus Klepping, by Elisabeth Louyse Count Palatine near Rhine, Duchess in Bavaria, zu Gülich, Cleve and Berge, Countess to Veldenz, Sponheim, the Mark and Ravensberg, wife zu Ravenstein, abbess of the free world monastery of Herford, enfeoffed with the Stockum office.

On September 1, 1656, a document says:

" Frantz Wilhelm Freiherr von Boeymer und Rimburg, Herr zu Stockum, announced that Christoph Bernhardt, Bishop of Munster, his sovereign prince, had announced a general denial, but that he" could not be there because of a military charge and other hindrances ". He therefore authorizes Detmar Klepping to appear in his name at the Lehntag and to receive the enfeoffment of the tithe in the glory of Stockum, which has been negotiated by Hasenkamp called by Bruggeney and which is leaning against his sovereign, and to present the traditional Solemnia and to do whatever he would do himself. "

Finally, the Reich Chamber Court in Wetzlar issued a judgment, which the Prince-Bishop of Münster was commissioned to enforce. The dispute ended with the Prince-Bishop of Münster, Duke Ernst von Bayern , dispatching soldiers to shoot Kaspar von Hassenkamp, ​​who had tried to oppose himself by force. His brother wanted revenge. He had already hired helpers for the murder of Frau von Böhmer. But the bishop of Münster became aware of it early on and had the instigator von Hassenkamp taken to the prison in Warendorf.

In 1696 a new trial was initiated. When Stockum came to the Count of Ligneville by inheritance in 1726, another Werner Hassenkamp opposed the new owner. Several people were shot dead on both sides. In 1730 von Hassenkampf zu Wetzlar was finally rejected. This finally decided the dispute against the von Hassenkampf family, and the fate of the de Hüvele zu Stockum and Beckedorf family ended.

After an inheritance division in which Ligneville received Stockum and Beckedorf, these goods came to the Count of Gourci around 1800, who split them up by selling them in 1809. In 1810, the Count von Westerholdt acquired the Burgplatz and the goods in Stockum.

In the course of the 20th century, the estate deteriorated. The old Spieker at the vicariate, of which pictures still exist, was broken off around 1939.

The estate archive was acquired by the city of Dortmund in 1952 and deposited in the Werne city archive in 1994 .

The archive holdings include 280 documents (1360–1804); approx. 550 files = 57 boxes (15th – 19th century).

• Contents: Family things from Hövel, from Ascheberg to Byink, from the Brüggeney called Hasenkamp, ​​from Boehmer, Counts of Ligneville and Gourcy, of Boenen, Counts of Westerholt;
• Fiefdoms; Glory Stockum (court, church, school); Finance; Processes; Beckendorf House; Brabeck and Köbbing goods; Herford Monastery property in Schöppingen, Laer, Rheine; Parishes of Hoetmar, Sendenhorst.

Hugenpoth Castle

Hugenpoth Castle
Alternative name (s):	House Stockum
Creation time :	Before 1290
Castle type :	Niederungsburg, island location
Conservation status:	Wall remains
Standing position :	Nobility, Ministeriale
Place:	Sandbochum
Geographical location	51 ° 40 '2.8 "  N , 7 ° 41' 56.8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 '2.8 "  N , 7 ° 41' 56.8"  E

Hugenpoth Castle, first mentioned in a document in 1305, was located opposite Stockum Castle on an island on the Lippe. If you want to visit Burgplatz, you have to turn south from the country road that leads past the Gersteinwerk . After you have crossed the Werner Bahn and passed an old lock system, you continue over the Lippe to the canal bridge, over which the path leads to Sandbochum. The canal bridge must not be crossed, instead you take the path in a northerly direction. After a few hundred meters and crossing an old arm of the Lippe, you come to Burgplatz.

The high walls that rose from the old river bed and supported the drawbridge can still be seen today. The steep banks of the river must have provided a good protection in themselves, which was reinforced by castle complexes. A meager remnant of masonry and the small chunks of green sandstone and bricks scattered all over the square, as well as the bits of roofing slate and glass from slug panes, hardly give any indication of the original castle complex.

Stockum family

House Stockum (Hugenpoth Castle) was initially owned by the von Stockum family. In 1290 it was loaned to the von Hövel family. The first feudal bearers were Godfried de Hüvele and his son Hermann. Fiefdom was the abbess of Herford monastery. The aristocratic House of Stockum has always been exempt from public jurisdiction. Every tenant of the House of Stockum was also a ministerial official. He was responsible for the collection and transfer of the grain tax as well as the procurement of the wine for the mass and table wine for the Herford monastery .

The de Hüvele family from Hövel

The de Hüvele family from Stockum is a side branch of the de Hüvele family from Hövel . From around 1300 she was a direct successor from the Hövel company. The de Hüvele from Stockum had gained an independent position early on. So they exercised sovereign rights over the farms in their own name by virtue of feudal rights. They were also entitled to the judiciary. As an outward sign of the power of the de Hüvele zu Stockum family, they built Hugenpoth Castle on the Lippe island. In order to protect the peasants from attacks by Godfrid de Hüvele zu Stockum, the abbess zu Herford issued court rights to the peasants of Stockum, who owed her feud - she held the so-called afterlehen (second-hand life). In the course of time, Mr. de Hüvele bought overgrown farms. In addition to the “feudum” (feudal property), an “allodial property” (free of charge) was created. In the course of time, the gentlemen de Hüvele are said to have built a third castle, namely where the church of Nordherringen is today. This castle is said to have burned down the Dortmunders early on. In addition to the original castle in Stockum, Lambert de Hüvele had a chapel built around 1307 (alternative information: 1357). He received approval from Archbishop Heinreich of Cologne.

From 1290 to 1400 the Lords de Hüvele lived in the castles in Stockum. The aristocratic family had a castle each on Brandenburg and Münster soil, as well as an official court in the Münster area. So she had to maneuver in both directions and inevitably got caught up in the Münster-Mark border conflict on the Lippe. It was extremely important for the Counts of the Mark to know that Stockum, the island on the Lippe, was firmly in the hands of a reliable and march-minded nobleman. Therefore they enforced a right of opening which gave them an important base against Munster. The Stockum lords of the castle had to keep their seat open to the Märkern and had to accept an occupation from the Brandenburg region in times of war. In a document from 1392 the court is listed as one of the dormitories of the Counts von der Mark, but it is missing in their fiefdoms from the same time.

The important border fortification was hotly contested in feuds and wars. During the Dortmund feud, namely on November 13, 1388, Dortmund mercenaries set fire to the castle, pillaged it and looted 36 guilders.

Counts of the Mark and their vassals

A document from 1392 names the Hof zu Stockum as the accommodation of the Counts von der Mark . The estate was not listed there in their fiefdoms from the same period. It was not until 1400 that the castle became the property of the Count von der Mark. Hugenpoth Castle in Stockum was lost to the de Hüvele family, who from then on only lived in the original castle in Stockum.

Around 1453, the Westphalian rulers quarreled over the occupation of the bishopric of Münster. Junkert Ervert von der Mark, a follower of Johann von Hoyas, went on a foray into Ahlen, which is friendly to Moers. There he caught 300 cows and drove them over the Lippe near Stockum towards Kamen. To do this, he took the castle and built a bridge over the Lippe.

The Count von der Mark enfeoffed the von der Layghe or von der Laege family, who lived in the castle until 1463; Until this year, Cord von der Laege had the castle in pledge for 1,000 guilders. Count Gerhard von Kleve-Mark traded the castle from him again for 500 guilders. The sovereign could not pay the bill. That's why Dietrich von Hövel shot him half. As a reward, he received his father's ancestral castle back as a fief. In 1469 either Dietrich or a Godeke (Gottfried) von Hövel committed violent manslaughter, whereupon the fiefdom was withdrawn from him. This gave the Dukes of Kleve the opportunity to give the castle to a more reliable family.

Knipping family

The Knippings owe their rise to sovereign civil service. Until the middle of the 15th century they were a small noble family without rank or name and hardly appeared, except through occasional documents and some legal transactions. At a time when most noble families were overshadowed by decline and disintegration, the Knippings managed to rise to the top of the Brandenburg nobility. With Gerd Knipping (1427 - 1455) the office of Drosten came into the family for 150 years. Five generations of the Knipping family administered the Hamm office , gained fame and reputation and acquired additional farms and lands for the Stockum manor. The von Knipping family was particularly famous in the Wetter (Ruhr) area.

Around 1470, the Duke of Kleve and Mark enfeoffed the property of the House of Stockum to his feudal man knight He (i) nrich von Knipping zu Lohausen (1462 - 1480), who held the office of Drosten (bailiff) of Hamm. In 1491, the council and cathedral chapter of the city of Münster campaigned for the feudal rights of the undersate of Gerd von Hövel, who died in Münster , which caused the Märker's trust in the Munster-Brandenburg cross-border commuters from Hövel to wane. Even at this time, the border on the Lippe was still not definitively established. The danger that the castle would come to the bishops of Münster through a Münster subject was too great for the rulers of the Mark. Henrich Knipping, as the new tenant of the castle, now averted this danger.

For 1,100 guilders, the sovereign had to give him and his son He (i) nrich (1497 - 1543), Droste zu Hamm and Wetter, the house in Stockum and the associated goods. Since the de Hüvele family's fiefdom had been withdrawn, the Dukes of Kleve not only owned the Stockum house, but also the Herford courtyards in Märkisches. Initially, the Herford people overlooked this arbitrariness. In addition, the sub-farms of the County of Mark were kept in the stock books. By the beginning of the 17th century at the latest, the loss of the farms was obvious and irrevocable. From then on, Stockum's rule was limited exclusively to the territory of the Munster.

He (i) nrich's grandson and his successor in the Drostenamt was Viktor von Knipping (1508 - 1573), who began building a new Renaissance castle on the site of the old castle from 1564, which was continued by his son Dietrich, who like his father Official of Hamm was. The building pulled the humanistic chronicler Heinrich von Hövel into enthusiastic verses:

The castle is magnificent, but the hero
v. Knippink, Viktor, who built it once.
The castle, solid in its foundations and structure,
rises proudly with high defensive walls,
and as an enemy can boldly await the best in the country.
(Translation from Latin)

With Viktor Knipping the splendor and wealth of the sex reached their climax. He was bailiff of the Hamm office, Brandenburg state fortress, Klevian secret council and from 1568 finally colonel and commander of the Westphalian-Lower Rhine district. Viktor stayed frequently at the Klevischer Hof. In 1562 he belonged to Duke Wilhelm's closest entourage in Frankfurt.

Since taxes were sparse and irregular, he always had to help out with his official business from his own resources. Most of the sovereign sources of income were pledged. The Duke regularly suffered from money problems. In 1547 Viktor urged his master to repay the money he had advanced.

Even so, Knipping still had enough funds to buy up farms, offices and rights. In 1555 he became a candidate for the mayor's office of the Oberhof Pelkum. In 1561 he bought the Langen Kamp, and in 1604 the Brinkhof estate with courtyards and cottages. Viktor's wife, Betrix von Wüllen, brought a feudal claim to the Klevian tithe to Ochtrup in the parish of Sandwell, Münster Monastery. Although his father-in-law had applied for his grandson Bernd van Hoevel the Elder to J. to give the tithe, but Viktor Knipping was able to enforce the loan for himself thanks to his good relations with the Klevian court.

With the exception of half of the Schürmannshof, all of the Sandbochum courts in the 18th century were dependent on Stockum. Some were already by Heinrich Knipping the Elder. J. acquired. The others probably bought Viktor or his son Dietrich.

Dietrich Knipping, the last of his line on Stockum, was confirmed as droste of the Hamm office in 1574. He represented the Brandenburg knighthood at the wedding of Maria Eleonoras von Kleve with Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia in Düsseldorf.

In 1575, a border treaty between Münster and Mark determined that the Stockumer Bridge would be free to rebuild the crumbled crossing.

Heinrich von Hövel dedicated a place to Dietrich von Knipping in his catalog of important, learned men in Westphalia:

During his lifetime Dietrich Knipping excelled at Stockum. Droste des Amtes Hamm, an excellent advisor to the most respected Prince Duke Wilhelm von Kleve. Indeed, a man of wisdom, equally educated in many things, especially not excluding the judiciary. As a young man he studied at numerous academies in Germany, Italy and France, worthy of a Cato, moreover awarded with the rarest spiritual gifts and therefore counted among the most important men. When the grim February in Cleves suddenly overwhelmed him, he passed away within two days of 1607 at the age of 76 (from Latin).

With Dietrich's death in 1607, the Knipping male line on Stockum died out. As a result of the marriage of his sister Clara to Johann von Hugenpoet zum Gosewinkel, who continued the tradition of connecting Stockum with the Hammer Drostenstelle, the property came to the Hugenpoets, whose name was later carried over to the Stockumer Burgplatz. Via Angel Elisabeth Christine von Hugenpoet, who married Johann Adolf Stephan von Berchem zu Werdingen in 1693, the house came to her son Johann Friedrich Mordio von Berchem.

Hugenpoth family

The von Knipping was followed by the von Hugenpoth in 1607 , from which the castle got its new name.

Margravine Leonora von Brandenburg made sure in 1591 that her father, the Duke of Kleve, hired Johann Hugenpoth as an official assistant to his uncle Dietrich Knipping. Hugenpoth was initially administrator, but after Knippings death in 1607 was confirmed as an official of Hamm. Heinrich von Hövel judges him:

Joannes Hugenpoet in Gosewinckel was valued as a person who was not indifferent to science. With his younger brother Wilhelm, a hard-working and well-read man who was torn from his life not long ago, he had devoted himself to the Latin language since childhood. He followed in the footsteps of his uncle Dietrich Knipping, an incomparable man in theoretical and practical administrative matters. He is currently in office as Droste zu Hamm. (from Latin).

Around 1600 the Stockum House also reached the peak of its prosperity. Johann Hugenpoth acquired the Dalhof zu Flierich in 1607 as a fiefdom from the Brandenburg region. At the same time, however, the Knippings in Hackfurt involved him in an expensive inheritance process. Since that time, House Stockum has been going downhill. The economic decline results from the same causes as later with the Torcks zu Nordherringen. The eldest took over the main building in return for high severance payments. His siblings sued for their payment, but the process dragged on. In addition to the siblings, the son and grandson were now to be resigned. The debt burden multiplied thereby. Individual goods had to be sold to satisfy the most stubborn creditors. As a result, the manorial power shrank.

Viktor Knipping had promised in 1544 that he would pay his brother Henrich 5,300 guilders. He considerably expanded the manor in Stockum and built a magnificent castle. As a result, he didn't have enough money left to pay his brother his inheritance. Fifty years later, half of the amount was still outstanding. In several trials to Kleve and Speyer, the community of heirs from Bönen enforced their claims as the successor to Henrich Knipping. The Knippings were left with the mortgage-burdened Stockum house, including the Brinkhof acquired in 1604. The Lohaus with the fiefdom of Gronewich (Schulze zur Wisch) came through Henrich Knipping the Elder. Ä. (1622) and Franz Albert von Aschebrock (1652) to the von Brabeck family (1661 - 1755). The Knipping property in the Bochum area with the Grimberg family went to the von Westerholt family .

In 1617 Dietrich Hugenpoth inherited from his father. He had to assert the Stockum house against the claims of Sibylla von Westerholt and Georgs von Boenen . A judgment from the highest authority awarded the house to Georg von Boenen. Dietrich then married Alstein von Boenen and thereby obtained the rights to the Stockum house, which he saved for his family.

During the Thirty Years War the castle was occupied and sacked several times. Dietrich von Hugenpoth could not renew his fiefdom in 1633 because the castle had been plundered and was in a dilapidated state.

In 1675, instead of a cash dowry , Wilhelmine Sophie von Neuhof brought a debt reduction of 3,000 Rthlr into her marriage to Giesbert Alexander von Hugenpoth. In 1696 a dowry for Gudula Johanna von Hugenpoth in the amount of 3,000 Rthlr was agreed. Her husband Johann Moritz von Düngelen did not see a penny of it until 1715. Further inheritance obligations drove the Stockum's debts to 11,000 Rthlr. In spite of this, Gisbert Alexander gave his wife and children sums between 400 and 4,000 Rthlr in his will.

Johann Adolf Stephan von Berchem zu Werdringen , who had been married to the heiress Engel Elisabeth Christine von Hugenpoth since 1693, could not cope with this huge burden of debt on his own. In 1725 the claim of the von Düngeln family had increased to 12,573 Rthlr. The creditors monitored their debtors' every course of business. The Berchems were completely in their hands this way. Finally, the von Düngelen family ordered all debts on the Stockum house to be paid off immediately. The Berchems could only meet this demand by selling individual goods in order to at least keep the rest. Since 1725, all of Stockum's goods were pledged. In 1742 Robert Nettler, a merchant from Unna, bought the Stockumer Lippeweiden, the Großer Plack and the Kuhkamp for 8,200 Rthlr.

Thus the existence of the house was secured for several decades. The next owner of the Stockum house was Johann Adolf Stephan von Berchem's son Johann Friedrich Mordio von Berchem (1723 - 1775). He received 11,000 Rthlr from the inheritance of Friedrich Christian von Beverfoerde-Weldern . In anticipation of this inheritance, however, the family had taken on so many debts that their financial situation hardly improved.

House Stockum and its accessories including Brinkhof and 27 courtyards and cottages were valued at 58,375 thalers in 1768; at that time it was already charged with 34,588 thalers.

The Berchem heiress Anna Sophia, wife of the secret war councilor Werner Friedrich Abraham von Arnim zu Hamm and baroness von Arnim, who is described as energetic and clever, postponed the ruin of the Stockum house by another twenty years. From 1776 she managed the estate for her underage son and was enfeoffed herself in 1778. In the end, she could no longer hold the property.

In 1796, the creditors rang in the foreclosure auction. The property that was still connected up to then was smashed. It came partly into bourgeois, partly into peasant hands. The castle site and the 64 acres of forest allocated when the brand was divided in 1777 were auctioned for 25,000 thalers by Gisbert Freiherr von Romberg auf Brünnighausen (Lerche, Romberger Tannen ). It was initially considered to build a more functional, small house instead of the manor house that had become superfluous. However, these plans did not materialize. According to an inventory from 1794, the massive, slate-roofed mansion was 102 feet long, 34 feet wide and 34 feet high. It must have had a large hall and in 1794 was still in good structural condition. Von Romberg initially rented it to Lieutenant Colonel von Heemskerk.

Decay of the castle

About a decade later, Haus Hugenpoth was married to the von Bergheim family, who no longer lived in it but left it to decay. In 1808 the rooms of the main house were used by the tenant to fill up grain. In 1824 it was considered very dilapidated. A little later all the windows were torn out and no more doors were on their hinges.

At the beginning of the 20th century, as Schwieters reports, there were still considerable ruins - remains of walls 7.5 m high with door and window openings, cellar vaults and stairs. At that time, Burgplatz was owned by Herr von Romberg.

Today only insignificant wall traces can be found at this point. The rest is covered by the lawn.

State of preservation

Stockum Castle and Hugenpoth Castle are today archaeological monuments whose preservation is of public interest. Scientific reasons speak in favor of preservation, as the early history of the castles can certainly still be explored with remains in the ground.

Importance of the castles for Herringen

The owners of Haus Stockum shared the grazing domination of the Herringer vulgarity with the Torcks. New settlements in the heather could only be made with their approval, as well as changes in the heather, path systems, violations and embankments. In 1705 , for example, the Stockum and Nordherringen houses gave the Freiherr von der Recke zu Reck permission to plant an avenue from the Reck house through the Herringer Mark to the Bever. The rulers of House Stockum had their grazing rights expressly confirmed in lease agreements and profit letters.

House Stockum then lost its pastoral rule when it was isolated. The Herring farmers denied him the right to sheep drift. For unauthorized sheep drift in the Hammer Westenmersch, where Stockum previously held the fishing, they calculated damage of 47 Thlr 26 gr in 1821. The fishing on the Lippe east of the Torckschen Lippe Bridge and a piece of Heuland went to Gerd Knipping in 1432 via Hermann von Neheim. From 1577 to 1598 it was leased by the Hammer citizen and landlord Jost Hülshoff from Hülshoff in Herringen. After that, the sovereign transferred the fishing from the von Galen family to Haus Ermelinghof .

The Hugenpoth and Bechem families had direct influence on the Herringen community after 1604 when they bought the Binkhof with the Herringer Höfe Hülshoff, Helmig and Hilbk.

In ecclesiastical affairs, the gentlemen of the Stockum house cast their votes in the election of community officials and preachers. At the turn of the 16th century, Johann von Hugenpoth had his wife Anna von Pentling and their three-year-old daughter Clara Anna buried in the Herringer church. Splendid epitaphs were made in the workshop of the Münster sculptor Hans Lacke to commemorate them. At about the same time, the church received a coat of arms from Jülich, Kleve, Berg, Mark and Ravensberg, official signs and symbols of sovereignty of the Knipping-Hugenpoth dynasty. The only aristocratic foundation for the poor comes from the Hugenpoths. Frau von Hugenpoth, née von Beringhausen, transferred 100 Rthlr, Dietrich Hugenpoth another fifty. The Binkhof and the Hülshoff had to pay for the annual interest. The Berchems have hardly exercised any say in religious and political community matters. In Sandbochum, the influence of the Stockum house remained noticeable well into the 19th century. Stockum was the largest landowner here, landlord of all farms, tithe taker and pasture lord.

The Stockum bankruptcy did not have the same cataclysmic consequences for Herringen as the Torckian collapse nine years earlier. Only a few Stockumer properties in the northwest of the municipality were transferred to civil hands. For the Herringer Höfe of the old manorial estate of Binkhof, independence from lordship patronage and the path to freedom were within reach.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A copy and print of this certificate can be found in Niklas Kindlinger: Geschichte der Deutschen Hörigkeit, 1819, pp. 640 ff., No. 194 a.

literature

• Josef Lappe , Hamm in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times, The Burg zur Mark in: 700 Years of the City of Hamm, Festschrift to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the city , Werl 1973.
• Heinrich Petzmeyer, History of the former municipality of Herringen , Hamm 2003.
• Helmut Richtering: Noble seats and manors in the area of ​​the city of Hamm. In: Herbert Zink (Ed.): 750 years of the city of Hamm. City of Hamm, Hamm 1976, pp. 125-160.
• Willi Schroeder, Ein Heimatbuch. Two districts introduce themselves. Bockum and Hövel , 1980.
• Fritz Schumacher, Hartmut Greilich, Bockum-Hövel. From history and local history , Hamm 1956 (reprint 2002).

Web links

• Deeds from the archives Schloss Höllinghofen with holdings on Gut Stockum / digital Westphalian document database (DWUD)
• Ground monument House Stockum (PDF file; 16 kB)
• Weitmar city archive
• Werne City Archives
• Family Bäumer - genealogy and more ...