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Haus Kemnade is a Castle surrounded by a moat found in Hattingen, Blankenstein. Its name – besides the word “Kemenate” – shows that the residence of the nobles has more fireplaces than the usual farm homes.

The castle sat at the northern shore of the “Ruhr auf Stiepeler” till 1486. In that year, a flood changed the flowing direction of the river into a northern direction, so that Haus Kemnade was separated from the southern riverbed of the River Ruhr. long time, it was only possible to get there through some kind of mode of road transportation, until the present “Kemnader Brücke” (Kemnader Bridge) was built.

In the 1300’s Von Dücker owned Haus Kemnade. After him, a family by the name of von der Recke owned the castle. But after a fire n 1589, the owners decided to rebuild the castle around the year 1704. In the end of the 18th century, they added a courtyard. Although the castle lies in the Hattingen region, Haus Kemnade is now part of the small city Bochum, which was founded in 1921 from Ludwig von Berswordt-Wallrabe.

=Description=

The Building
Haus Kemnade is divided into two sections, in the style of the traditional Renaissance, consisting of a Manor house, and a commonly referred to, as the front courtyard or the first castle division. The common material used to build the walls and courtyards was the local sandstone from the river Ruhr. The area has a trapezoidal ground plan, and is surrounded by a large rampart, which was meant to protect the castle against floods.

A stone arced bridge leads to the entrance of the courtyard on the west side of the castle, and is flanked by two smaller towers in either side. The protecting walls that begin after the bridge connects to the entrance consist of not only the local sandstone but also bricks. The entrance courtyard leads through a large wrought iron gate to the main courtyard and the Manor house.

The unrendered main house/division is a two leveled quarry stone complex with half hip roof, which connects to a shorter side-wing on the south side of the castle. In the main courtyard, in the right corner, the side wings of the courtyard; there is a spiral staircase in form of a tower, complete with entrance at the bottom to the Manor house. In the Northeast corner the Manor house is fully flanked by the striking building: a square residential tower, with three levels and finally a flawed dome-shaped roof. Also, the main manor is a proud owner of traditional cross-stock windows. An arms smith/armory in the east side of the outer wall in the main courtyard, stands there as a memorial for its original founder, Johann Georg von Syberg.

Interior
On the bottom floor of the Manor house, there is a Chapel with a ribbed vault and a baroque baptism basin, from the year 1500. In the Knights’ hall, which is built after very traditional building plans from Köln, and four tapestries from Tournai in 1725. Which serve as depictions from the life of Don Quixote. The most valuable showpiece in the room is the renovated, and is known as an inscribed grand Chimney or fireplace from the Renaissance.

Also worth looking out for, is the Hand carved woodwork from a Handcrafting master, by the name of Schmidt. His two well-earned medals are implanted on the wall of the Manor house, visible from the Main courtyard. Also worth finding inside the Manor, from Schmidt, is the hand carved busts of the staircases, which were carefully carved in the 17 hundreds.

=Today's Use=

Today Haus Kemnade has been sectioned into different little museums and showcases of antiquities found inside the Manor. Part of the Museum foundation in Bochum, in the Manor house there are around 1800 instruments part of a Music collection and the Ostasiatika Collection. Additionally, the Museum foundation of Bochum switches out numerous artifacts in different seasons.

More displays are owned by the Sparkasse Bochum, and are part of a historical currency collection under the name Schatzkammer Kemnade (Treasure box Kemnade), while numerous other rooms from the left wing of the Manor are being used by a restaurant business “Burgstuben Haus Kemnade” owned and operated by Heinz Bruns. Behind the main Manor and the castle, there is a timbered workhouse, in which the farmer’s home museum can be found, and has been owned by the Bauernhausmuseum der Stadt Bochum organization since 1971. In this museum visitors may learn about the life of a farmer in the Middle Ages between the 1800 and 1900’s. The building is a typical, traditional barn/ farmers home, which was used as a small wheat farm since 1800, until 1960, in which is was shut down and partially torn down for resources, until it was built up again and renovated into a museum for Haus Kemnade.

More recently, since January 2007, the registry office of the city Hattingen uses the castles small chapel for official conjugal ceremonies.

=Location=

The castle is located on the southern side the river Ruhr on the former Nobles personal ground, which was only officially a part of the city Hattingen in 1929.

Adress: On the Kemnade 10, 45527 Hattingen

Coordinates: 51° 24′ 28″ N, 7° 14′ 58″

Not far away, is the Kemnader sea, the noble’s village church, and the Castle Blankstein. Behind the crossing Steinenhaus the nature reserve of Katzenstein begins.

=Literature= •	Thomas Dann: … ein vortrefflich schöner Rittersitz. Haus Kemnade und seine Ausstattung vom 16. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert. 2. Auflage. Schürmann und Klagges, Bochum 2001, ISBN 3-920612-84-1.

•	Georg Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Nordrhein-Westfalen. Band 2. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin 1969, S. 56.

•	Wilhelm Fenselau: Haus Kemnade zu Bochum. Wissenswertes zu einem Bochumer Kulturdenkmal. Winkler, Bochum 1994.

•	Klaus Gorzny: Ruhrschlösser. Piccolo-Verlag, Marl 2002, ISBN 3-9801776-7-X, S. 116–119.

•	Gotthard Kießling: Haus Kemnade. In: Stefan Leenen, Kai Niederhöfer u. a.: Burgen AufRuhr. Unterwegs zu 100 Burgen, Schlössern und Herrensitzen in der Ruhrregion. Klartext Verlag, Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8375-0234-3, S. 130–133.

•	August Kracht: Burgen und Schlösser im Sauerland, Siegerland, Hellweg, Industriegebiet. Ein Handbuch. Umschau Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1976, ISBN 3-8035-8011-0, S. 255–261. Albert Lassek: Burghaus Kemnade im Ruhrtal. Laupenmühlen & Dierichs, Bochum 1968.