House Wenge

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House Wenge
Front view

The Wenge house is a former aristocratic residence in Dortmund-Lanstrop .

history

A knight Henricus de Wenge is first mentioned in 1239. The moated castle was built in the 13th century by Goswin and Johann von der Wenge . The foundation walls and parts of the enclosure of the knight's house Wenge have been preserved to this day. This knight seat is the place of origin of the noble family of the lords and later barons of the Wenge as well as their branch line that emigrated to the Baltic countries at the beginning of the 15th century , the von der Wenge, who was elevated to the Russian count status in 1817, called Lambsdorff (this name refers to an older Spelling of Lanstrop ).

In 1648 the property passed by inheritance to the von Neuhoff family and later to the von Beverförde zu Werries family . Then it came back into the hands of the von der Wenge: In 1800, Clemens August von der Wenge was named as the owner . After the death of his son Friedrich Florens Raban in 1850, the inheritance of the von der Wenge family, including Beck Castle , passed to the descendants of his sister, a married Countess Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht at Schloss Gracht near Liblar.

description

The Wenge house is the only preserved noble house of the 16th century with Gothic shapes in the Dortmund area . It is entered as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Dortmund . The two-storey mansion with the brick stepped gable and the stone cross windows was built in the 16th century and still shows Gothic forms. These external shapes were retained when the house was rebuilt after being destroyed by Spanish troops in 1598. Inside, on the other hand, the mansion was furnished according to the style of living in the Baroque era. At the beginning of the 19th century, some structural changes were made to the portal and the chimneys.

The 25 meter long and 14.5 meter wide self-supporting rafter roof was constructed without supports or purlins and is only held together by wooden nails. The special construction of the roof structure is unique in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Current situation

The property has belonged to the city of Dortmund since 1952. The moated castle was extensively restored between 1962 and today (with interruptions). The renovation is planned to be completed in 2020. Ownership of the house is leasehold for 99 years . The district intends to use the moated castle for events such as B. To make exhibitions, occasional concerts and weddings accessible to the public. To develop a future usage concept, a round table will take place on August 25, 2020, to which all Lanstroper associations are invited.

Web links

Commons : House Wenge  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ No. A 0093. List of monuments of the city of Dortmund. (PDF; 180 kB) (No longer available online.) In: dortmund.de - Das Dortmunder Stadtportal. Monument Authority of the City of Dortmund, April 14, 2014, archived from the original on September 15, 2014 ; accessed on June 16, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b c Digital tour - Wenge House opens its doors. Stadtportal dortmund.de, July 17, 2020, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Wenge House. northward, accessed August 27, 2020 .

literature

  • Erich Hammer: Preserved historical buildings in Dortmund and its suburbs . Publishing house Fr. Wilh. Ruhfus, Dortmund 1965, p. 54f.
  • Josef Bieker: Castles in the area . Harenberg Kommunikation, Dortmund 1989, p. 28f.
  • Anneliese Vahlhaus: Lanstrop: the village on the border post of the city of Dortmund . Regio-Verlag, 2001.
  • Ministry for building and traffic of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia / Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Hrsg.): Burgen auf Ruhr. On the way to 100 castles, palaces and mansions in the Ruhr region . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2010, pp. 78–80.

Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 33.5 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 56 ″  E