Niederburg (Büren)
| Niederburg | |
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 The Niederburg in May 2012 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Lower house on the Brede |
| Creation time : | 1000 to 1100 |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Tower stump, small remains of the wall |
| Standing position : | Nobles |
| Place: | Büren - Brenken |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 35 '15 " N , 8 ° 35' 47" E |
The Niederburg , also called Unteres Haus auf der Brede , is a small castle ruin in East Westphalia in the Paderborn district . It stands in the valley of the Alme on the northern outskirts of the district of Brenken, which belongs to the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Büren .
The exact date of its construction is not known; possibly the Niederungsburg was built in the 11th century. It was the residence of a noble family who called themselves the Lords von und zu Brenken . At the beginning of the 16th century, the family built Erpernburg Castle north of the castle on a hill above the Almetal and moved their residence there. The castle as the original ancestral seat fell into disrepair before it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War in 1622 .
Only the three-storey stump of a round tower and the gable wall of a residential building with two stacked chimneys have survived from the complex, which is situated in a field . The ruin , which is still privately owned today, is not managed and can only be viewed from a distance due to the risk of collapse .
The complex was entered under the name "Burgruine der Niederburg" under the serial number 3/6 on May 14, 1992 as a cultural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Büren.
literature
- G. Waurick: Brenken . In: Guide to Prehistoric and Protohistoric Monuments . Volume 20: Paderborn plateau, Paderborn, Büren, Salzkotten . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1975, p. 243.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the city of Büren ( PDF file , Brenken district, page 1; 41 kB)