List of castles and palaces in Wuppertal

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The list of castles and palaces in Wuppertal is a list of all medieval aristocratic residences , castles and fortresses in today's urban area of Wuppertal . Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed .

Castles, palaces and noble residences

designation function State of preservation
Elberfeld Castle First Franconian Tafelhof , later the official seat of the Bergisches Amt Elberfeld Archaeological evidence of the foundation walls in May 2010;
possibly remnants of the cellar vault under modern buildings
Beyenburg Castle Official seat of the Bergisches Amt Beyenburg , ducal residence Castle stable and retaining walls
Ring rampart castle moat Early medieval rampart castle on a mountain spur Remnants of earth walls and ditches
Lüntenbeck Castle Lowland castle as a knight seat (Gerresheimer fief), later conversion into a castle , also known as Wasserburg described Received completely
Schöller manor High medieval low castle as a knight seat Defense tower preserved
Hammerstein manor Late medieval aristocratic seat (Bergisches Fief) Not preserved, built over in the 19th century
House Rauental Late medieval moated castle as an aristocratic seat No conservation
Stone house Fortified high medieval upper courtyard with a fortified tower Presumably foundation walls under newer buildings
Engelnberg Castle Early medieval hill fort , existence not demonstrably secured No conservation
Wallburg in Sonnborn Early medieval hill fort , existence not demonstrably secured. Built around 1930 with a sports field No conservation
Manor Varresbeck Noble manor Relocated to the Gut Hungenbach open-air museum
Buchenhofen manor Manor (Gräfrather fiefdom) No preservation, status as a manor questionable

Further weir systems

function State of preservation
The Elberfelder and the Barmer line of the Bergische Landwehr Short sections of the continuous ramparts / ditches are still preserved in the forests, some of which are protected as a ground monument .
The origin of the name of the street " Am Thurn " in the district of Sonnborn comes from a defense tower mentioned in the 14th century, which served the peasant population as a refuge in times of need and war and belonged to a Lüntenbeck estate. No conservation
For Hof Klingelholl in Barmen included a Builder Tower . Walls preserved
For Hof Schwabhausen in Cronenberg included a Builder Tower .
A former Steingaden (= protective tower) has been preserved in Jesinghausen . Is used with its superstructures as a residential building
One of four courtyards in Heckinghausen was called "Hamman im Bergfried" in 1579; this suggests a donjon . No conservation
The Horather Schanze , medieval entrenchment No conservation

See also

  • Aprath Castle is located around 350 meters outside the current city limits of Wuppertal

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Festschrift on the occasion of the 100 year Existence of the Kath. Volksschule Sonnborn; 1857-1957
  2. ^ Wilhelm Engels : The Landwehr in the outskirts of the Duchy of Berg . In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , 66th volume, year 1938, pages 67–278, Martini & Grüttefien Verlag, Elberfeld
  3. ^ Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names . Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
  4. ^ A b c Günther Voigt: Back then in Wuppertal . Wuppertal 1988
Remarks
  1. ↑ Around 1.4 kilometers from Lüntenbeck Castle