Brüninghausen Castle
The Brüninghausen Castle is located in Plettenberg (district Ohle ) in the Märkisches Kreis in Sauerland , North Rhine-Westphalia .
The exact date of construction is not known, it was first mentioned in 1311 as a fiefdom of the Archbishop of Cologne "bona Brunnenchusen". Today the Brüninghausen Castle, which has a striking appearance with the two connected castle houses, is a residential building. It used to be a tower and a mill estate and was surrounded by a kind of moat until the beginning of the 19th century. The building stood in a pond which was later drained.
It is the parent company of the Brünninghausen family . Today it is owned by the von Wrede family and is inhabited by Christoph Freiherr von Wrede. Traditionally, there is a Christmas tree sale at Brüninghausen Castle.
The city of Plettenberg has registered the castle in a list since June 28, 1988 as a monument worthy of protection.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the city of Plettenberg ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Hünenburg on the Sundern near Ohle
- ^ Horst Hassel: A look behind the 700-year-old castle backdrop. WAZ, December 9, 2011, accessed June 6, 2014 .
- ^ List of architectural monuments in Plettenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 44.5 ″ N , 7 ° 49 ′ 16 ″ E