Schloss Strünkede

The oldest surviving building Hernes is the castle chapel of the house Strünkede. It goes back to Bernd von Strünkede, who had their founding built up to 1272 on the Vorburggelände.At that time, the area secured with several layers of trees was occupied with numerous simple dwellings of the lords of the castle and castle town dwellers. To reach the status of a parish church, with the right of public worship, was at the Archbishop of Cologne Friedrich III. from Saarwerden asked.
However, the chapel remained a decapitation (Vicarie) of the Herne church.From this time to the beginning of the 16th century, the chapel of the von Strünkede family served as a burial ground. The burials of the "great Jobst" († 1529) and his father Reinhard († 1535) are vouched for by excavations.The reformation favored by the Strünkedern in the Dionysius church led at the same time to the adoption of the Lutheran faith in the castle chapel in 1563. About 100 years later, the widow Gottfried von Strünkede introduced with its own preacher the Calvinistic orientation of the faith in their castle chapel. Until its union with the Protestant-Lutheran Dionysius community, it served the Reformed community Strünkedes as a parish church.
With the extinction of Strünkesche's life and financial power, the decline began. So the bell tower was removed in 1802. When the union between Lutherans and Calvinists was proclaimed in 1845 in Herne, now belonging to Prussia, it lost its character as a church and was used as a private property by the respective owners of the castle, among other things as a barn, stable and dog kennel. During this time many old elements were irretrievably lost. Thus, for example, the Mannerist painting of the late 16th century, which was uncovered in 1950, could only be saved in a few parts.In 1948, the chapel and the castle became property of the city of Herne. After a thorough restoration, during which the Gothic vaults destroyed by the incendiary bombs were restored and new window glazing was made, it continues to serve concerts, wedding ceremonies and baptisms, as well as the worship of smaller religious communities.Further information under: wiki.huen-un-perduen.de/index.php?title=Schlosskapelle_Str%C3%BCnkede

"De gemeentelijke galerie in het kasteelpark Strünkede is een van de drie huizen in het Emschertal Museum Herne. Het is een art nouveau-villa gebouwd in de directe omgeving van het kasteel van Strünkede. De stad Herne gebruikt het huis sinds 1978 voor tentoonstellingen, vooral bijzonder shows met de huidige Duitse graphics en internationale kunstenaar.

Daarnaast worden regelmatig exposities uit de kunstcollectie van de stad gepresenteerd over verschillende onderwerpen. Naast een klein aantal olieverfschilderijen en sculpturen is er een uitgebreide grafische collectie met meer dan 4.500 handtekeningen en ander werk op papier dat na de Tweede Wereldoorlog is ontstaan. In de jaren vijftig en zestig verwierf de stad een aantal belangrijke tentoonstellingen van klassiek modernisme. Het huis bezit werken van Pablo Picasso en Marc Chagall. De collectie »Caricature and Critical Graphics« omvat meer dan 150 tekeningen van Albert Kelterbaums »Zille des Reviers« en 60 litho's van A. Paul Weber. In de jaren negentig werden bladen gekocht van Joseph Beuys, Georg Meistermann en de ZERO-groep."Bron & verdere informatie op: ruhrkunstmuseen.com/museen/emschertal-museum-herne-staedtische-galerie.html

Bijzonder aanbevolen: het middeleeuwse festival dat elk jaar begin september plaatsvindt.