Möhler

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Möhler
Municipality Herzebrock
Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 40 "  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 35"  E
Height : 75 m
Residents : 220  (2005)
Postal code : 33442
Area code : 05245

Möhler is a village in the municipality of Herzebrock-Clarholz , Gütersloh district , North Rhine-Westphalia . The nucleus and the most famous building in the village is Möhler Castle , a typical Westphalian manor house .

location

Möhler is located about 4 km southwest of the center of Herzebrock, directly on the municipality boundary with Oelde and thus the district boundary with the Warendorf district . Historically, Möhler belongs to the former Menninghausen farmers of the parish of Oelde .

In terms of landscape, Möhler, with its flat sand plain, belongs to Ostmünsterland and administratively to Ostwestfalen-Lippe .

Coming from Oelde, the Axtbach flows through Möhler in a south-north direction , into which the valley trench flows in the center of the village. The Axtbach flows around two thirds of the castle area; there is an old mill on its bank.

history

Mohler was first in a lifting tab of the monastery Freckenhorst in the 11th century as a manor mentioned "Mudelare". Presumably, a castle-like complex was built on the site of today's castle in the 13th century. The next documentary mention comes from the first half of the 16th century. In the “Directory of Wuesten Heirs and Guethers” of the Principality of Münster it says: “Ampt Stromberg , Kerspell Olde - Moeler, Wendt responsible”.

Main wing of the manor house of Möhler Castle

The oldest still standing houses in the village of Möhler date from the 17th century. With the construction of the new castle between 1710 and 1715, not only the farmers but also craftsmen settled there, so that a village developed from the former manor. The main wing and the baroque park are still preserved today.

The Ludgerus chapel on the edge of the village was built in 1853 from the material from the demolished side wings of the castle . Since then Möhler has also been referred to as the "chapel community". It is the first sacred building to be built by the Münster diocesan master builder Emil von Manger . In 1854 Johann Georg Müller consecrated the neo-Gothic chapel as Bishop of Münster . Today it is a branch church of the parish of St. John the Baptist in Oelde. The chapel association founded in 1906. V. initially had the goal of collecting money for an extension to the chapel. After this goal was achieved and the extension building was consecrated in 1922 , the chapel association still takes care of all matters relating to the chapel, for example the maintenance of the building.

Monuments

Ludgerus Chapel in Möhler

Möhler has six registered monuments :

  • the lock
  • the servants' house of the castle
  • the half-timbered barn in front of the castle
  • the Ludgerus Chapel on the edge of the village, built in 1853
  • the Nepomuk statue on the Axtbach Bridge, probably made around 1720
  • the Pietig house

economy

In total there are around 60 jobs in Möhler. Architecture and engineering offices , a catering company, a manufacturer of terry towels as well as tradespeople such as photographers and designers and thus almost 40 jobs are located in the castle . A bakery employs around 20 people. There is also an agricultural engineering company. Four farmers work part-time, two full-time (as of 2005).

Trivia

literature

  • Fleitmann, Wilhelm: House Möhler - reflection of past splendor. In: Our home - Beckum district, Beckum district home association, 1969
  • Trostheide, Bernhardine, Trostheide, Stephan: 150 years of St. Ludgerus Möhler. Festschrift for the anniversary of the chapel. Möhler / Menninghausen, 2004