Schwaghof farm castle

Schwaghof farm castle
Schwaghof farm castle, the high entrance is on the eaves side that is not visible in the picture
Creation time :	12th Century
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Receive
Construction:	Quarry stone, half-timbered
Place:	Bad Salzuflen
Geographical location	52 ° 6 '26.5 "  N , 8 ° 44' 36.7"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '26.5 "  N , 8 ° 44' 36.7"  E

The Schwaghof farm castle is a Niederungsburg in the north of the Lippe town of Bad Salzuflen in the Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The building was part of the former Schwaghof estate and has been a listed building since 1989 .

history

The Schwaghof was originally a lower courtyard of the nearby Seligenwörden district court. The so-called cellar ponds of the Seligenwörden farm, which later fell into desolation, have been preserved to this day and a street name reminds of it. The exact location of the courtyard has not yet been proven archaeologically. The office belonged to the Benedictine convent of Herford .

The Schwaghof is first mentioned in the 12th century as Gut Svevedeshusun, later Svavedessen (1361), then Schwobedissen (1767). In 1400 the county of Sternberg fell to the noble lords of the Lippe . The Meierhof still belonged to Herford Abbey , but was now on Lippe land. Through an exchange contract in 1787 the property, then called Schwachhof, came under the sovereignty of Lippe. Since at least 1871, a part of the manor house has been used for excursions. In the 1950s / 60s, almost all of the old buildings were demolished and a luxury hotel was built, which was given the name Schwaghof and kept the old name until the hotel closed in November 2016.

description

The farmer's castle has been preserved from the old Schwaghof estate; it is believed that, like many other similar Lippe buildings, it was originally built with three floors of quarry stone . The building was used as a granary, among other things. Contrary to the name it is not a by farmers as a refuge castle built castle , but a solid , stately Meierhof with magazine. However, with its roughly one meter thick walls, it offered the courtiers as a keep refuge in the event of attacks or armed conflicts. Today a two-storey solid building can be found here, the core of which is from the late Middle Ages, with a half-timbered storey added at the beginning of the 17th century , which also applies to the attic. Among other things, the building was equipped with a high entrance on the eaves side and narrow slotted windows.

literature

• Contributions to local history H06, search for traces V, Bad Salzuflen northern city forest , Exter history workshop , 1997, ISSN  1619-7828
• Franz Meyer (Ed.): Bad Salzuflen: Epochs of City History . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-3-89534-606-4
• Heinrich Stiewe: Farm castles - late medieval stone granaries in Lippe and East Westphalia . In: Messages from Lippe history and regional studies. No. 71, 2002, pp. 169-22 digitized
• Arnold Ebert: From the farmer's castle to the luxury hotel . In: Heimatland Lippe , Detmold 1962, pp. 85–89 digitized

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franz Meyer (Ed.): Bad Salzuflen: Epochs of City History . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-3-89534-606-4 , p. 57.
2. ↑ Birgit Meineke : The place names of the Lippe district. (=  Westphalian Place Name Book Volume 2). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-89534-842-6 , pp. 437-438. ( PDF )
3. ^ Arnold Ebert, From the peasant castle to the luxury hotel in "Heimatland Lippe", Detmold, 1962
4. ^ Lippische Landeszeitung: The Schwaghof closes at the end of November
5. ↑ Georg Dehio , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2

Web links

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