Beyernaumburg Castle
| Beyernaumburg Castle | ||
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 Beyernaumburg Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Beiernaumburg | |
| Creation time : | 800 to 900 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Keep, remains of the wall | |
| Standing position : | Clericals, counts | |
| Place: | Beyernaumburg | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 28 '32.3 " N , 11 ° 23' 42.2" E | |
| Height: | 270 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Beyernaumburg is a partially preserved hill castle on a mountain ridge at 270 m above sea level behind the present-day castle Beyernaumburg in the municipality Beyernaumburg in Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt .
history
The castle was mentioned in the 9th century as "castellum Nivanburg" and in 979 as "civitas et castellum Niwanburch". The castle was initially an imperial castle . The Archbishopric of Magdeburg and the Lords of Querfurt are named as owners of the castle .
From 1430 to 1653 it belonged to the Asseburg , from 1653 to 1945 to the Bülow . The last owner was Hans Freiherr von Bülow. His marriage to Lurlei von Reden had four daughters. Hans Bülow was expropriated in 1945 and died in Wendlinghausen in 1979 .
The castle in the castle complex was owned by the baronial Bülows until the expropriation in 1945. Friedrich von Bülow (1760–1831) had the palace gardens laid out. The castle was rebuilt in the 19th century. In 1864 the park was planned by Eduard Petzold on behalf of the von Bülow family . There are various graves of von Bülow's in the park. The castle originally had two keep , of which only the 30 meter high keep has been preserved on an area of 8 × 8 m² in the outer bailey. In 1946 a nursing home was set up at the castle.
See also
literature
- Friedrich Stolberg : Fortifications in and on the Harz from early history to modern times , Hildesheim 1983.
Web links
- Beyernaumburg - The castle
- Material on Beyernaumburg Castle in the Duncker Collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 45 , 770