Bederkesa Castle

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Bederkesa Castle
Bederkesa Castle

Bederkesa Castle

Creation time : from the 12th century timber construction,
from the 15th century brick
Castle type : Niederungsburg, location
Conservation status: preserved / reconstructed
Standing position : Noble;
1421–1654 City of Bremen
Construction: Brick
Place: Bad Bederkesa
Geographical location 53 ° 37 '35.4 "  N , 8 ° 50' 34.8"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '35.4 "  N , 8 ° 50' 34.8"  E
Bederkesa Castle (Lower Saxony)
Bederkesa Castle

Bederkesa Castle is a low castle in Bad Bederkesa , a town in the city of Geestland in Lower Saxony . In front of her is the Bederkesaer Roland .

history

The construction of the castle goes back to the 12th century. Archaeological and scientific studies show that around 1200 wooden buildings stood on Burgplatz. The builders were the Knights of Bederkesa.

The city of Bremen appropriated half of the rule in 1381 and finally in 1421 the castle and rule of Bederkesa.

A stone house was built by 1460, which is today's south wing of the castle. In 1536 the north wing was built, which was connected to the other part by the middle wing in 1579.

Copper engravings by the architect Wilhelm Dilich (1571–1650) around 1600 show the castle surrounded by a moat.

In 1654 the general Hans Christoph von Königsmarck took possession of the castle for the Swedish royal family. In 1662 the Swedish Queen Hedwig Eleonore pledged the property to her field marshal, who had the ramparts and bastions of the castle demolished. The Swedish rule in the Duchy of Bremen-Verden ended in 1712 with the Great Northern War .

In 1720 the castle fell to the Electorate of Hanover . As a result, the castle was rebuilt many times, for example by demolishing half of the north wing in 1793 and the stair tower in 1749. In 1859 the Bederkesa office was dissolved and the castle lost its centuries-old function as an administrative center. The Prussian government (the Kingdom of Hanover had become a Prussian province in 1866) sold the castle in 1881, and it was now used as an inn and excursion restaurant.

The now very dilapidated Bederkesa Castle was bought by the Wesermünde district in 1975 . It was completely restored, and the north wing, which was demolished in the 18th century, and the stair tower were rebuilt.

Current time

The Bederkesa Castle Museum is located in the castle as a district museum for natural and cultural history. The archaeological monument preservation of the district of Cuxhaven is also housed in the castle , as well as a restaurant.

timeline

  • 12th century Beginning of the castle building on what was then the edge of the Bederkesaer See
  • 1400 last construction of a Temburg (" Motte ") on the heaped castle hill
  • 1421 Bederkesa castle and estate in Bremen
  • 1460 construction of the south wing (building inscription today above the main entrance)
  • 1536 construction of the north wing
  • 1579 Construction of the central building
  • 1602 Installation of Roland on a coupled fountain
  • 1604 Publication of the engraving by Wilhelm Dilich
  • 1612 Construction of the stair tower
  • 1654 The castle is taken by the Swedish field marshal Hans Christoph von Königsmarck
  • 1735 Bederkesa Castle and Office owned by Kurhannover
  • around 1745 demolition of the tower and other parts of the building, half-timbered extension
  • 1881 The castle is privately owned and used, among other things, as an inn and hotel
  • 1975/77 Purchase of the decaying castle by the Wesermünde district
  • 1977–1983 restoration and reconstruction by the district of Cuxhaven

See also

literature

  • Ernst Andreas Friedrich : The Bederkesa Castle . In: If stones could talk . tape III . Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1995, ISBN 3-7842-0515-1 , p. 103-104 .
  • Ernst Beplate: Bederkesa Castle: Big problem child 150 years ago. The Hanover Ministry of Finance was looking for buyers for Bederkesaer Burg . In: Men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 800 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven August 2016, p. 3–4 ( digitized version [PDF; 7.2 MB ; accessed on October 12, 2018]).

Web links

Commons : Bederkesa Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Cord Sarnighausen: Hannoversche Amtsjuristen from 1675 to 1859 in Bederkesa . In: Jahrbuch der Männer vom Morgenstern 89, pp. 41–62, Bremerhaven 2011.