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CastleSelm
Botzlar Castle
Botzlar Castle is the remnant of a moated castle in the town of Selm in the district of Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The history of the defensive structure is presumably connected with the conversion of Cappenberg Castle into a Premonstratensian monastery in 1122. Botzlar Castle was probably intended to serve as a new protective castle for the town of Selm. The castle was mentioned in 1282. The Lords of Meinhövel and Velen are named as former owners.
The complex had several moats, the innermost of which was only filled in during the 1960s.
The castle and the surrounding lands had their own manorial court, which merged with the episcopal Gogericht in Werne in the 15th century.
Before the merger of the former municipalities of Bork and Selm in 1975, it had been considered to name the newly formed municipality Botzlar. However, this plan was rejected. The new municipality was named Selm.
In October 2013, a civic foundation bought the castle from the city of Selm for 600,000 Euros.
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