Welschenbeck House
House Welschenbeck is a former small aristocratic residence in the Möhnetal , located on Belecker Grund, right on the border with Mülheim (now part of the town of Warstein ).
history
Welschenbeck is first mentioned in a document in 1222 : Archbishop Engelbert I of Cologne transfers various goods to Countess Walburgis von Kessel, including those in “Belskenbike” and “Segenhof”, ie in Welschenbeck and Sennhöfen. In 1445 the castle was destroyed in the Soest feud ( 1444 - 1449 ). Only the Burgmannhaus remained. The von Nagel-Doornick family was the last owner of this building.
Place name
The current name 'Welschenbeck' led the Germanist Hans Kuhn to far-reaching conclusions. He suspects it to be a reference to a non- Germanic , non- Celtic , yet Indo-European language of the “peoples between Teutons and Celts” in the so-called “ Northwest Block ”. The old spelling 'Belskenbike' in the probably forged certificate makes such constructions highly unlikely. The place name could indicate a brook name, behind which a 'Belecker Bach' may be hidden.
Todays use
Up until October 31, 2012 there was a restaurant in the Welschenbeck house. Noteworthy was the careful handling of the old building when setting up the restaurant, which was carried out in coordination with the monument office.
Linden tree
The linden tree next to the house, which is worth seeing, measures approx. 5.40 m in circumference at a height of 1 m.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 26 ″ N , 8 ° 19 ′ 23 ″ E