Reineberg
| Reineberg | ||
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 Heidkopf and Reineberg |
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| height | 275.9 m above sea level NN | |
| location | North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| Mountains | Wiehengebirge | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 17 ′ 40 " N , 8 ° 37 ′ 42" E | |
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| particularities | Reineberg castle ruins | |
The Reineberg is a mountain in the Wiehengebirge , south of the city of Lübbecke in the area of the Reineberger Hagens . With a height of 275.9 m above sea level. From a topographical point of view, it is initially only a little spectacular mountain in this part of the Wiehengebirge, as there are much higher peaks in the immediate vicinity, such as B. the 320 m high Heidbrink in just 1 km to the south. East of the Reinberg rises beyond a valley floor, the Heidkopf , to the west the Meesenkopf , on the summit of which there was once a fortification. 230 meters south-west of the summit is a Wittekindsquelle , which was of certain importance for the former occupation of the castle complex on the summit, but is now only a small pond on a cliff at the edge of the path. The Reineberg owes its fame as the local mountain of the city of Lübbecke to the fact that Reineberg Castle, or Reineburg for short , stood up there until 1723, the year it was demolished .
History of the Landesburg Reineberg (Reineburg)
The beginnings of the Landesburg Reineberg are lost in the legend. According to the bishop's chronicles of the city of Minden , the foundation of the castle goes back to Bishop Konrad I von Rüdenberg (1209–1237). Osnabrück sources, however, report that the Osnabrück bishop Adolf von Tecklenburg (1216-1224) was a co-builder.
Reineberg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1271 . At the end of the 13th century, the bishop of Osnabrück and the von Minden were joint "owners" of the castle. Reineberg Castle served the Bishops of Minden as a fortified base for their power. It was about to assert oneself from here against the bishop of Osnabrück , the counts of Tecklenburg and the noblemen of Diepholz . Later its importance grew even more as the administration of the territory expanded. As already mentioned, Reineberg Castle was initially jointly owned by the neighboring Principal Dioceses of Minden and Osnabrück in accordance with a treaty from 1306.
In 1412 we find the knight Dietrich von Münchhausen as pledge holder of the castle in a dispute with his sovereign Bishop Wulbrand and the cathedral chapter of Minden, because he had pledged the Reineberg to Count Nicholas II of Tecklenburg without their consent. The bishop protested and besieged the castle. The Tecklenburgers came to action, but were driven out by Lübbeck citizens with the support of Drosten zum Limberg , Allhard von dem Busche . The attempts by the Tecklenburgers to take possession of the castle had failed.
According to a contemporary description of the Minden canon Tribbe from the 15th century, Reineberg Castle was a strong bulwark.
The Reineburg, like almost all castles of this type, was often pledged due to the chronic lack of money of the sovereigns. Around 1525 we find Johann Tribbe as Drosten zum Reineberg. In 1543 the castle was pledged to a widow Clara von Hatzfeld and her sons Meinolf and Joachim. However, Bishop Georg had scarcely reached the government in 1554 when he made the decision to redeem all the pledged locks of his monastery. Therefore, he also canceled the pledge from the current leaseholder, Hilmar von Quernheim . He wanted to keep his pledge and actually managed to extend it to several years until the bishop finally had the pledge canceled in the spring of 1564. Since Hilmar von Quernheim did not react, the bishop stormed the castle on May 2nd. But as early as 1567, after a settlement, Hilmar was given the castle again as a pledge for twelve years. During the Thirty Years War , the castle on the Reineberg was badly damaged and plundered three times, in 1636, 1638 and 1640.
On September 9, 1636, the Imperial Sergeant Heister had the entire registry burned on the Reineberge. On March 28, 1673 Munster troops took Lübbecke and Reineberg as part of the Franco-Dutch War, as Brandenburg was on the side of the Netherlands . Then - the Principality of Minden had come to Brandenburg in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 - the old bishop's castle became quieter. In 1719 Friedrich Wilhelm I had ordered the unification of the County of Ravensberg with Minden, and the expansion of the War and Domain Chamber in Minden took place in 1723-1808 as supra-local supervision of the administration of the five Minden and eight Ravensberg offices. The Reineburg was pledged several times, including the associated office, and was demolished on the orders of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I in 1723 because it was dilapidated. What was still usable from her was used partly to build the government building in Minden and partly to build the new office building in Reineberger Felde (called "zum Siek"), where some farm buildings already stood.
Eventually the castle came under the general influence of the Bishop of Minden and became a Mindische Landesburg . The entrenchments in front of the castle indicate medieval siege technology. From the domain of the castle, the Mindic office of Reineberg developed, later the office of Hüllhorst . As a rudimentary remnant of this castle complex, only the moat is visible on the summit, which has a total length of 310 meters and is between 15 and 22 meters wide.
Say about the Reineberg
It is said of the Reineberg that the Saxon Prince Wittekind , afflicted with leprosy, "came to the Limberge , received relief here in the fountain on the west side of it, from there to the Reineberg and got clean there. Reineberg is said to have been there have his names. " In this there is supposed to be an underground vault with a magical entrance, in which "King Weking's silver cradle stands" .
Further information
Today the Reineberg is located in the area of the city of Lübbecke, but once belonged to the Reineberg Office, later the Hüllhorst Office . The old Amt Reineberg or Amt Reineberger Feld existed from 1723 to 1807 and belonged to the Prussian Principality of Minden . Even today, Reineberg is the name of a district of the large community of Hüllhorst south of the Wiehen Mountains ( Ahlsen-Reineberg ). Said municipality has an image of Reineburg in its coat of arms.
In 1951 an official survey of the still visible castle ruins took place. The local researcher Professor Langewische from Bünde had found that the Reineburg was formerly five pre-castles.
From the southern edge of the core city, z. B. from the Waldstadion, the Reineberg can be hiked in 15 to 20 minutes. The hiking trail on which you can go around the Reinberg is around 1.1 km long.
Immediately near the summit, a sign points to the last section of the ascent.
From the forest sports field in Lübbecke, walking stubbornly south, you can reach the Reineberg in 10-15 minutes
Standing rock of the Jura on the Reineberg
The Reineburg can still be found today in the coat of arms of the municipality of Hüllhorst
Historical map with the location of Reineberg Castle
Notice board near the summit
View of the Reineberg (left mountain) from the neighboring Wurzelbrink
The Wittekindsquelle not far from the mountain summit
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Heemeier: The mindische Office Reineberg in the mirror of Bereisung protocols of the 18th century. Communications from the Mindener Geschichtsverein, Volume 57 (1985), pp. 93-106.
Web links
- History of Reinberg Castle ( Memento from April 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )