Borg Manor (Werl)

Haus Borg was first mentioned in a document in 1244; at that time, the complex was a moated castle. The manor belonged to the de Castro (von der Borg) family until about the middle of the 15th century. Peter von der Borg sold the complex to Wilhelm Keygen in 1440. Apparently, the estate was already divided at that time, as Wilhelm Keygen the Elder and his sons sold their part of Haus Borg to the Freseken family in 1468. The other part came to Kaspar von Plettenberg in 1540 through the inheritance of Margaretha von Schenking. Since Johann von Plettenberg had bought the share of the von Freseken family in 1486, the property was in one hand. Kaspar von Plettenberg and his wife Barbara von Haab had only one child, a daughter; she married Joachim Allard von Lürwald, who thus became the owner. The Lürwalds sold it in 1752 to the Erbsälzer family von Lilien. Through the marriage of Maria Theresa von Lilien, it came to Karl von Kleinsorgen.