Dahlhausen Castle

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New mansion and connecting wing from Dahlhausen

Dahlhausen Castle , also called Dahlhausen House, is a castle complex on Gruländer Straße in the village of Dahlhausen , which belongs to the Halingen district of Menden . Along with Rödinghausen and Kotten, the property is one of three preserved manors in the former Menden office .

The castle emerged from a manor that belonged to a family of the same name until around 1480 and was a fiefdom of the noble lords of Volmarstein . The von Dahlhausen family was followed by a number of partly illustrious owners, before the property came to the von Winkelhausen family in 1695 . Presumably she was the one who had a new mansion built. Later, in the years 1889 to 1893, the von Fürstenberg family added another mansion in the historicist style. Both buildings have been a listed building since December 4, 1984.

history

As early as 1152, a Buvo von Dalehusen was mentioned in a document. In 1166 a Dahlhausen estate was mentioned as a fiefdom of the St. Michael Abbey in Siegburg . This had come to the monastery as a gift from Gerhard von Hachen , but it does not have to be identical to the later castle . Around 1335 or 1370 the knight Hermann von Dalhausen made this abbey court fief. Members of his family appeared in documents from 1256 (Wilhelm von Dahlhausen) and until 1477. In 1313 Dahlhausen was first mentioned as a castle ( castrum ) when Hermann von Dalhausen received it as a fief from Dietrich von Volmarstein. Another documentary mention around 1351 as "gude to Dalhusen myt der stenen borgh" shows that the property was fortified early on .

Dahlhausen Castle on a lithograph by P. Herle, ca.1840

The possession of the von Dahlhausen family came to the von Lethmathe family called Küling before 1480 via the von Eichlinghofen family. When Adolf von Eichlinghofen died, the Dahlhausen house was enfeoffed for his widow Clara and her daughter Leneke Adolf von Plettenberg . Johann von Lethmate eventually married Bertold von Plettenberg's stepdaughter and so came into possession of the castle. In 1507 Imeke (also Ymmeke and Ymme), widow of Degenhard von Lethmate called Küling, and her daughter Leneke sold the house and farm in Dahlhausen to Hermann von Mallinckrodt to kitchens . His family got into financial difficulties at the beginning of the 17th century and wanted to sell Dahlhausen to pay off the high debts. The property was valued at 31,497 Reichstaler in 1617  , but initially no buyer was found. In 1625 Heinrich von Mallinckrodt and his sons Bernd, Heinrich and Rembert sold the facility to Dietrich von der Recke , Drost von Unna and Kamen . At about the same time, a solution from the Volmarsteinian feudal dependence also took place.

Dahlhausen Castle around 1915

Dietrich's descendants sold Dahlhausen Castle in 1695 to Maria Catharina von Winkelhausen, the abbess of the Neuenheerse women's monastery . In 1718 she also acquired the neighboring and now submerged Osthöfen estate from the Siegburg Abbey. On her death, she bequeathed the system to her great-nephew, with whom the family died out in the male line in 1739. The Winkelhausen property came to knowledge through Maria Catharina's sister Anna Maria Theresia to her husband, Baron Philipp Christof von Loe . His family kept the complex until 1792, when Baron Friedrich Leopold von Fürstenberg- Herdringen and Gut Osthöfen acquired it. After part of the Osthöfen property had been sold and was temporarily no longer owned by Fürstenberg, Franz Egon von Fürstenberg bought this separated part again in 1838 and reunited all the goods belonging to the castle in one hand. Engelbert Eberhard von Fürstenberg had parts of the old farm buildings demolished in 1889 in order to build a new mansion in the neo-baroque style there by 1893 .

In the 1960s and 1970s the castle was used temporarily as a secondary school with a boarding school. After extensive renovation , it is now used by the current owner, Sieglinde Freifrau von Fürstenberg-Dahlhausen, as a private residence. A viewing is therefore not possible.

description

Dahlhausen Castle is slightly exposed on the northern outskirts of Halingen about one kilometer south of Langschede on a flood-free cliff above the Ruhraue . It is surrounded by a spacious landscaped park with old trees and remains of avenues . A pond in the park is what was left of a former moat .

The current structure of the complex dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of the farm buildings to the west of the castle date from the first half of the 19th century. But there is also a younger building there, which is now used as a barn and coach house.

The actual castle consists of two mansions of different dates and a connecting central wing. This steps back slightly in the building line on the south side facing the castle courtyard. While it has two storeys facing the courtyard, the rear facing the Ruhr is only one storey with a high basement. The different heights are offset by half a mansard roof .

The old mansion is a simple, baroque building from the 18th century, the long sides of which are divided into seven axes by rectangular windows. It is painted white. Its two storeys are closed off by a hipped mansard roof. A single, curved flight of stairs leads on the courtyard side to a dais with a baluster in front of the central entrance with a skylight. A coat of arms stone with initials hangs over the portal , suggesting that members of the von Winkelhausen family are likely to have built the building. Inside there is still a representative wooden staircase with a baroque railing .

The new, two-story mansion dates from the end of the 19th century and is painted in light yellow. The nine-axis building is built in the neo-baroque style and has an appearance that is very similar to the Wilhelminian style villas . The corners of the building are emphasized by rusticated corner pilaster strips. On the courtyard side, two three-axis side projections frame a covered veranda that protects the entrance in the central axis of the house. The windows in the risalits are grouped into groups of three by cornices with volute-like consoles . The profiled, strong cornice is accompanied by a weaker parallel cornice. Above it rises a mansard roof with three dormers and arched windows on the courtyard side. The facade at the rear is emphasized by a three-axis central projection. Its windows and doors on the ground floor, contrary to the other rectangular openings, have a round arch shape and are studded with agraffes . The other windows have stucco decorations at the top. The risalit is crowned at roof level by a dwelling with a volute gable in front . The door leads to a terrace with a wrought-iron railing in neo-baroque form, which offers a wide view of the Ruhraue.

Inside the building, the entrance hall with an open fireplace and a two-arched arcade supported by a column on the staircase is remarkable. With its white stucco profile, it is similar to the vestibule in Nordkirchen Castle . Some of the other interior fittings of the house, such as doors and wall paneling , originally came from Schnellenberg Castle .

literature

  • Ulrich Barth (arrangement): Art and historical monuments in the Märkisches Kreis. 3. Edition. Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis, Balve 1993, ISBN 3-89053-000-1 , pp. 499-501.
  • Hans-Joachim Brüning: The knight seats in the Menden office. In: Paul Koch (arr.): Menden. A city in your space. City of Menden, Menden 1973, pp. 76–80, here p. 78.
  • Ferdinand GB Fischer, Toni Anneser: 100 castles between the 1000 mountains. The big castles and palaces book for South Westphalia. Gronenberg, Wiehl 1996, ISBN 3-88265-198-9 , pp. 113-114.
  • Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about aristocratic seats and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. Book 2: Parishes of Menden and Sümmern. Mehren, Münster 1970, pp. 35-47.
  • August Kracht : castles, palaces, mansions in the Märkisches Kreis. Oberkreisdirektor des Märkisches Kreis, Altena 1986, pp. 38–39
  • Albert Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of the Iserlohn district (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 8). Schöningh, Münster 1900, pp. 53-54, 58 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Schloss Dahlhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Monuments of the city of Menden (Sauerland). March 31, 2017 ( PDF ; 38 kB).
  2. ^ A b Hans-Joachim Brüning: The knight seats in the Menden office. 1973, p. 78.
  3. ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet : Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine. Volume 1. Wolf, Düsseldorf 1840, p. 293, no. 421 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ A b Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about noble seats and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 35.
  5. ↑ a b c Entry by Gabriele Rustemeyer on Dahlhausen Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
  6. ^ Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about noble houses and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 38.
  7. ^ Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about noble houses and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 37.
  8. ↑ Ulrich Barth (arrangement): Art and historical monuments in the Märkischer Kreis. 1993, p. 499.
  9. ^ Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about noble houses and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 39.
  10. ↑ a b Albert Ludorff: The architectural and art monuments of the Iserlohn district. 1900, p. 53.
  11. ^ Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about noble houses and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 40.
  12. ^ Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about noble houses and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 41.
  13. ^ Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about noble houses and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 46.
  14. ↑ Information from Albert K. Hömberg: Historical news about aristocratic seats and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia and their owners. 1970, p. 46. In the literature, however, the year 1613 and 1628 can also be found as the time of sale.
  15. ↑ Information on Dahlhausen Castle in GenWiki , accessed on January 15, 2020.
  16. ↑ Albert Ludorff: The architectural and art monuments of the Iserlohn district. 1900, p. 54.
  17. ↑ a b c Ulrich Barth (arrangement): Art and historical monuments in the Märkischer Kreis. 1993, p. 500.
  18. ^ August Kracht: The manors of the province of Westphalia. Unchanged reprint of the work by Friedrich Wilhelm von Schorlemer from the years 1837–1840. Weidlich, Frankfurt a. M. 1972, ISBN 3-8035-0560-7 , p. 60.
  19. ↑ Reinhold front mountain: Historical walks through the Ruhr valley. Excursion IV: From Dellwig to Langschede, Dahlhausen and Osthöfen with a breakout to Bausenhagen. In: Active Seniors. Vol. 24, No. 100, December 2012, pp. 17–28, here p. 19 ( PDF ; 3.1 MB).
  20. ↑ a b Ulrich Barth (arr.): Art and historical monuments in the Märkischer Kreis. 1993, p. 501.
  21. ↑ Albert Ludorff: The architectural and art monuments of the Iserlohn district. 1900, p. 58, note 1.

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 57 ″  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 32 ″  E