Nothberger Hof

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The Nothberger Hof is a farm in the Eschweiler district of Nothberg in the "Hofstraße"; formerly also called Meuthenshof after the (von) Meuthen family . The court was also briefly called Da (h) menshof after the Aachen family , as a result of marriage .

A traditional misinterpretation of an entry from the "Liber valoris" (14th century), which dates back to the 19th century and after which the court was attributed to Count Udo von Limburg, has to be corrected in the context of the presentation of the parish history of Nothberg. The parallel entries 'Udelinberg' and 'Walramsberg' can only be found in a print version of the “Liber Valoris”, not in the original. In the original, 'Udelinberg' and 'Frelenberg' (Renard / Oedinger / Mooren / Binterim) are assigned to one another and refer to the district of Frelenberg in Übach-Palenberg; there was obviously a reading error: Fresenberg is an ancient hallway name for today's Kirchberg in Nothberg. 'Walramsberg' clearly refers to Nothberg, but is only known for Nothberg from other sources (e.g. parish visits in the 16th century). 'Walramsberg' is thus proven to be the only original name of the castle hamlet of Berg above the Inde (Nothberg). In this respect, the corresponding explanations of the street name "Udelinberg" (on the side of the city of Eschweiler and on signs at the Nothberger Hof), which was assigned for no reason in this context, must also be deemed not to be applicable. The opinion that the farm is older than the Nothberg Castle, which has arisen without any reference to the source, can also be traced back to this error and therefore cannot be maintained, because the name 'Walramsberg' means the place 'Berge op der Inde', later called Nothberg, it can be assumed that the castle goes back to the Limburg counts with the name Walramus in the time when Jülich became a duchy under their rule. According to clear sources, the first known owner of Nothberg Castle was Edmund von Engelsdorf, who was enfeoffed with the castle in 1361 by Duke William II of Jülich, who pledged the castle to Werner von Palandt, who left it to his son Johann in 1433. The castle was the subject of Palandt's division on July 24, 1456 and belonged to the Von Palandts, Johann II. - Johann VI. The Nothberger Hof was detached from this very early on - perhaps originated as the castle's Meierhof.

In 1546 Johann von Meuthen was enfeoffed with the Nothberger Hof by the Duke of Jülich, so that from that moment on he was first called "Meuthenshof" and later through marriage connections "Dahmenshof". The courtyard is not referred to as an appendix to the castle, but there is also no reverse representation. If one was not 'stuck' to the other, then this independence of the ducal fief and the righteous speaks for the fact that it was not the castle but the court that has separated from the castle - or that both were founded independently of each other, what is also possible. The dispute over water rights culminated again later, between the Katterbachs at the Knippmühle and the owners of the Nothberger Hof. In two successive comparisons on October 25, 1845 and on June 11, 1846, at the end of a process, it was agreed that as much water would come from the upper mill pond as before, at least on Sundays (by means of a wooden bed channel along today's Hohe Straße, the Contemporary witnesses such as Franz-Joseph Hilgers and lay historian Zeno Prickartz saw as children) is led to the Nothberger Hof until its cattle trough is full. This document is a later proof that the court belongs to the castle, because this right does not come from a Almend determination, but from the old feudal regulations passed on by the castle owners with regard to water rights. The mills on the Knippmühle belonged to the fiefdom of the castle.

The last owners who used the Nothberger Hof for agriculture were the Heinrich Savelberg families from 1903 and the Pascal Savelberg families from 1929 to 1980. Today the farm is used as a private residential complex. The manor is a listed building .

history

According to some, the Meuthenhof or Meuthenshof was once the 'church courtyard' in Nothberg, but this is not documented. On August 27, 1691, the forecourt burned down by "French Mordbrandt" with all the scuffed crops. The brothers Johann Peter von Meuthen and Johann Wilhelm von Meuthen, Vogt of the Wilhelmstein Office, now signed a contract: With the knowledge and approval of their father Johann Wilhelm von Meuthen, "who is indisposed and had suffered great damage from the French" , wanted they rebuild the forecourt in 1692. At the same time they agreed that the ownership in the forecourt of the parents' property should now be settled. Johann Peter was the oldest of the brothers and was still unmarried. His brother Johann Wilhelm was married and already had four sons. Johann Peter transferred about its share of the Nothberger house and yard with "anklebendem" Bongart, Weiern, brew kettle and stand-up in the field Manngut that had the Bush Justice in Nothberger bush, as it is now "jetzo in Nothberg oberwehnter Maaßen burned" for 300 Reichsthaler to his brother Johann Wilhelm, his wife, his children and offspring. Johann Wilhelm and his wife Regina von Speckhewer could pay the money or other “inheritance” (in this case an additional 20 Reichsthaler waiver money) with the same value of 300 Reichsthaler in three annual installments, each time at the usual interest rate . In the contract it was reminded that the father and the deceased mother on the one hand with her deceased brother Reinhard Wilhelm von Meuthen, Vogt zu Millen, on the other hand should “set up” a purchase slip in 1663 about this forecourt and its accessories and the whole thing just mentioned, now destroyed by fire, received for 450 Reichsthalers.

An old parament cabinet in the sacristy of St. Cäcilia Nothberg shows the coat of arms of the von Speckheuer (Aachen) and the coat of arms of the von Meuthen family. The founders of the wardrobe are therefore most likely the couple Johann Wilhelm von Meuthen and Regina von Speckhewer on the occasion of a special event, probably more for their silver or gold wedding than the green one, i.e. between 1710 or 1740 rather than 1690.

literature

  • Heinz-Theo Frings: Truth and Myth in the Historiography of Nothberg Online (extensive manuscript, without location, without year, PDF)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6wfsa48E8scC/page/n201
  2. ↑ https://books.google.de/books?id=SHoNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&dq=liber+valoris+udelinberg&source=bl&ots=-fq2qhW91a&sig=ACfU3U2LyQi8m-0sFQPJL5SepSpv7_5_RQ&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqyoXjw9LkAhUDLVAKHXdPCZMQ6AEwBXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=liber%20valoris% 20udelinberg & f = false

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 32.6 ″  N , 6 ° 17 ′ 28.2 ″  E