Hof Hechlar
The court Hechlar is a desolate place fallen . It was near Brilon in the Gudenhagen-Petersborn area on the Hechlar. In the forest area of the desert some wall remains and ramparts can still be seen.
The farm was given up in the 14th century . Like many other places, the place fell victim to the great desolation process in the late Middle Ages . It must have been a creeping, slow process. This began around 1300. There are different theories about the reasons for leaving the place. The attraction of the city of Brilon was considered, for example.
The place was a Paderborn fiefdom, this was due to noble families living in Hoppecke. These passed the lands on to farming families according to the Meierrecht . After that, the property came to the Brilon Church for a long time. In old documents the parish church of Brilon also appears as St. Peter's Church, which is possibly the reason for the name Petersborn .
Like Gudenhagen, the court was probably part of the allodium of the Conrad and Everhard von Gudenburg brothers. Later it came to the noble lords of Hoppecke as a fief. These lent the property to the Brilon church.
literature
- Gerhard Brökel: Past Times , Volume 3, pp. 57–58
Individual evidence
- ↑ S. Hirzel: In the new Reich , weekly for the life of the German people in state, science and art, Volume 1, 1881, p. 166
- ↑ Cultural and historical hike: Meiler, ramparts, deserts. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: rothaarsteig.de . May 2010, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved on November 26, 2015 (theme trail flyer, including a brief description of the "Wüstung Hechlar"). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '32.3 " N , 8 ° 34' 10.1" E