Dringenberg Castle
| Dringenberg Castle | ||
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 Dringenberg Castle |
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| Creation time : | 1318 to 1323 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Standing position : | Clerical | |
| Place: | Bad Driburg - Dringenberg | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 40 '19.1 " N , 9 ° 3' 13.2" E | |
| Height: | 298 m above sea level NN | |
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The Dringenberg Castle is a medieval castle in Dringenberg , a district of Bad Driburg in the Höxter district , North Rhine-Westphalia . It was one of the most important state castles of the Principality of Paderborn .
Castle description
The medieval hill fort has a solid defensive wall with a defensive tower (hunger tower). The mountain drops steeply to the north, so that from the castle there was a clear view of the valley below. Today this mountain slope is overgrown by trees and bushes. On the southern side is the castle gate, to which a massive bridge leads over the moat built in front of it . In the courtyard there is a generous well with a depth of 38.60 m, which served to supply the castle and village residents with water. The still preserved gear train apparently dates from 1835, this year is stamped there. A plastered area in the inner courtyard was dated to 1551. It shows a bronze snake and the Lippe rose . A plastering inscription from the early construction phase was discovered on the basement exit, warning of a descent into the basement.
history
After Bishop Bernhard V zur Lippe acquired the Free County of Dringen from the Count of Everstein in 1316 , he left the 298 m above sea level in 1318. cleared the mountain spur and built the fortified castle there by 1323, after which the first settlers soon arrived at its foot. The village of Dringenberg was created around the same time . Extensive construction work and restorations were in the years 1463–1498 by Prince-Bishop Simon III. caused to the lip . At that time the castle was the seat of the Paderborn prince-bishop. So it came here in May 1471 to "peace for 33 years" after the Hesse-Paderborn feud with the Landgrave Ludwig II of Hesse. The gatehouse with the castle chapel and the south-east wing with the defense tower were not built until 1488/98 . This construction work was supervised by Dringenberger Landdrosten Otto Arndt von der Borch zu Detmold. During the Thirty Years' War , the castle was burned down by the troops of the Swedish Major General Duclas. The reconstruction took place from 1651 under Prince-Bishop Adolph von der Reck . Franz Arnold Freiherr Wolff-Metternich to the Gracht finally had further alterations and renovations carried out in the years 1710–1712. Up until the 19th century, the castle served as the summer residence of the bishops of the Paderborn diocese.
The legend of the knight Teudebert
According to legend, the castle fountain is said to have been driven into the rock by the knight Teudebert, who was there in captivity. He was promised his freedom as soon as he dug the well until the groundwater could be seen. But when that day finally came and the knight took his step to freedom, he was blown (as the legend says) and he died on the same day.
Todays use
Today a local museum is housed in the castle. The rooms in the south-east wing are used as club and rehearsal rooms for various clubs from Dringenberg. The south-west wing is still inhabited today. In the historic castle chapel today u. a. Weddings carried out.
literature
- Wilhelm Engelbert Giefers : 1874 - The beginnings of the castle and town of Dringenberg
- Dringenberg: Burg (Brochure) Publisher: Schnell & Steiner; 1st edition (January 1, 1989), ISBN 978-3-7954-5474-6 .
Web links
- Entry by Gabriele Rustemeyer zu Dringenberg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Information about the castle on the website of the local history association Dringenberg
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Burggarten Dringenberg in LWL-GeodatenKultur