Moth Aldeberg
| Moth Aldeberg | ||
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 The moth Alde Berg |
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| Alternative name (s): | Alde Berg | |
| Creation time : | High medieval | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, overgrown, erosion damage | |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale | |
| Place: | Wegberg - Arsbeck | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 8 '47.6 " N , 6 ° 11' 45.4" E | |
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The moth Aldeberg even Alde Berg is mentioned as high medieval castle an archaeological monument in the Help Steiner stream valley between the Wegberger districts Arsbeck and Dalheim-Rödgen in Kreis Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia and a significant investment of the castle type Motte (motte) with pre-pre and farmyard (two-part section moth) between Meuse and Rhine .
The castle was a knightly fiefdom . Contrary to traditional, never documented views - all of which go back to the local historian and local historian Franz Mayer - all the evidence suggests that the castle was built in the late 12th century. The builder of the Motte, a servant and knight "miles de orsbeke", feudal man and - according to documentary evidence, a possible coalition of the arguing party of the Archbishop of Cologne in the famous battle of the Knights of Worringen , used a promontory protruding into the wetland and "modeled" from it the still impressive tower hill with 50 x 50 m measuring outer bailey and the surrounding ramparts and dry trenches (always above the flood level).
Immediately after the battle lost for the aforementioned coalition, the knight Stephen left the castle. The important manor, which had special rights (lower jurisdiction for "orsbek" and "in gen raytgen" - ie the villages of Arsbeck and Rödgen - tax exemption, horse keeping in Meinwegwald), was abandoned in the late 14th and early 15th centuries administered by Halbwinnern or Halfen, the rights continued, which led to strange legal situations in the 18th century.
After its abandonment, the wilderness and abandonment of the "old castle" became a breeding ground for haunted stories in the centuries that followed.
(" Werewolf ", Heinzelmännchen) - Finally, the emergence of an intercession cult (with binding magic custom) is remarkable. In the 19th century, the local priest then ordered the construction of a chapel, which was demolished in the 1970s.
The ground monument of the castle complex and the surrounding nature area (designated as FFH and wilderness area) with the remains of a romanticized villa architecture (early 20th century), which are also listed buildings, form a sensitive ensemble today.
A much announced, comprehensive protection and development concept is still pending.
literature
- Illustrated diagram with reconstruction, explanation of find, documents - 50x70 cm
- "Dalheim for Roermond" in "De Luis in de Pels" / Roermond 2007, ISBN 978-90-812749-1-3 (a 20-page summary of the current state of knowledge about the AldeBerg moth)
- "What is a Motte" A3 large leaflet for guided tours for pupils, about moths in general and the Aldeberg moth in particular
Web links
- Entry by Markus Westphal zu Aldeberg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Hiking tours at the Motte
- Information about the moth on tonia.de
- Photo of the moth Aldeberg