Edenserloog Castle
| Edenserloog | ||
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 Edenserloog Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Hamburg | |
| Creation time : | unknown | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Gentry | |
| Construction: | Brick | |
| Place: | Become | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 39 '37 " N , 7 ° 43' 28.5" E | |
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The castle Edenserloog is in the same district of the municipality Werdum in Ostfriesland . It is the only surviving chief 's castle in Harlingerland and the oldest preserved secular building in East Friesland. The most famous resident was Ulrich von Werdum (* 1632; † 1681), the author of the series Familiae Werdumanae , a house and family chronicle .
history
According to a legend , the castle was built in 1191 by the residents of the surrounding villages to protect against roaming Normans. Historical sources, however, report that Reent the Elder ( Olde Reent ) built the castle before 1420. The structure that is preserved today is dated to the year 1460 according to dendrochronological studies and extensive archive studies.
At first the facility consisted of just a stone house . The von Werdum family had the castle converted into a three-wing complex with defensive towers and surrounded by a moat in the following centuries. The entrance was in the south.
There are traditions that say that the castle was besieged by the Mansfelders during the Thirty Years' War . The besieged should be forced to hand over the castle by starvation. But the Werdumers resorted to a ruse and showed their last ham with a stick out of the chimney. The Mansfelders then withdrew , believing that there was still enough food in the castle.
Presumably as early as the 17th century, the castle sank into a farm. At the beginning of the 18th century, the owners had the residential tower demolished. Today the privately owned castle is inhabited and has been open to the public since summer 2009.
Building description
Edenserloog Castle is a three-wing complex. Their walls are up to two meters thick. The nave of the west wing and part of the north transept are completely preserved. The east wing consists of a farm building under which the remains of the former stone house are located. Large vaults divide the complex into two floors. It has a partial cellar. A vaulted tunnel connects the cellars in the north and west wings. Part of the rectangular trench that once surrounded the chief's castle is still open on the street side.
On the first floor of the castle there are two halls, the green one and the big salon . In the latter there is a tiled stove. It dates from 1737 and is 3.16 meters high and about 1.20 meters wide. The stove is richly decorated with Delft tiles depicting scenes from the Old Testament and landscapes. The front view of the tail gable bears the alliance coat of arms of the donors and the date under a crown. There are dolphin representations in the spandrels and flower bosquets on the side gables. In addition, there are ornamental paintings in the bandwork decor . In the Grand Salon also a relic of the ham, which is supposed to have once led the Mansfeld to deduct depends.
Web links
- Entry by Frank Both and Stefan Eismann about Edenserloog Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detlef Kiesé: Nothing comparable in Harlingerland . In: Anzeiger für Harlingerland of January 13, 2012, accessed on December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Moin Moin" magazine, June – July 2009 issue
- ↑ B. Recker: Description of the faience oven in Edenserloog Castle ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 9, 2012.
