Großbodungen Castle
| Großbodungen Castle | ||
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 West side of Großbodungen Castle with a watch tower |
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| Alternative name (s): | Großbodungen Castle | |
| Creation time : | 1200 to 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, counts, princes | |
| Construction: | Truss | |
| Place: | Large floors | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 28 '29.8 " N , 10 ° 28' 45.6" E | |
| Height: | 270 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Großbodungen even lock Großbodungen called, is a former moated castle and later chateau on Haynröderbach (now Hagebach ) in the center of the community Großbodungen in the district Eichsfeld in Thuringia .
The castle's watch tower ( keep ) is the landmark of Großbodungen.
history
In 1461, Duke Wilhelm of Saxony, as Landgrave of Thuringia , enfeoffed the Counts of Hohnstein , Schwarzburg and Stolberg with the cities and castles "Lare, Utterode, Elrich, Bodungen and Blicherode". A copy of the original certificate is in the Thuringian State Archives in Rudolstadt and was shown in the original for the first time in Großbodungen on the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the certificate's issue . The document is the first written mention of the castle, although its history goes back further.
The former moated castle was built as a fortified castle in the 13th century by the local nobility, the Lords of Bodungen . In 1329 the family expanded the castle to include a stone house with a fireplace . In 1417 at the latest, the Lords of Bodungen, as ministerials to the Mainz bishops, gave up the castle and its fiefs . The castle came to the South Harz Counts of Hohnstein, who sold the castle and the associated chamber property in the 16th century to Hans von Berlepsch , a son of the Wartburg captain, who offered Martin Luther refuge in the Wartburg . The von Berlepsch family gave the castle complex its architectural form with a half-timbered inner courtyard, which has been preserved to this day , through extensive extensions . The entrance to the castle was moved from the west to the east; the cellar vault was also expanded and greatly expanded.
In 1593 the dynasty of the Counts of Hohnstein became extinct , and the castle became the property of the Counts and later princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, who were related to the Hohnsteiners . It served as a warehouse and economic administration. After the abdication of the last ruling Prince Günther von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt-Sondershausen (1852-1925), the castle came into the ownership of the community of Großbodungen in 1920 during the Weimar Republic .
Todays use
Since 1994 the castle has been privately owned by the couple Raban Graf von Westphalen and Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen , who bought the castle from the community of Großbodungen and extensively renovated it. In 2011, the 550th anniversary of the first documentary mention of the castle was celebrated. In 2012, Graf and Countess von Westphalen were awarded the foundation prize of the German Castle Association for their professional renovation .
Since 1998, art exhibitions, lecture and reading evenings on topics from art , culture , politics , economy and society have been held in the rooms of the castle ( gallery ) . There was also an exhibition of minerals and fossils in the vaulted cellar . A second exhibition was dedicated to “ Archaeological finds from the Hasenburg region .” It was on permanent loan to the Burgforum Association . A third permanent exhibition included a collection of “ Mayan clay sculptures from Central America .” All exhibitions could be viewed until November 3, 2019 by prior arrangement. Due to the great demand for events in the gallery in the castle , the gallery's premises were relocated in 2005 to the “ historic bower ”, 500 meters away, originally part of the castle , a half-timbered building built in 1663 . Exhibitions , readings , concerts , lectures and events such as Day of the Rose (last Sunday in June), Day of the Open Monument and the traditional Großbodunger Christmas market on the 1st Sunday of Advent took place there until the end of June 2018 .
The owner couple has now put the castle up for sale again.
investment
The castle complex is characterized by the 27 meter high tower ( keep ) in the facade of the four-wing, three-storey group of buildings with a bower above a barrel-vaulted cellar and a half-timbered atrium as well as a large garden with ecological rose cultivation. The moats of the castle complex were filled in. The watch tower provides breeding grounds for kestrels and barn owls.
The monument is looked after by the owner family.
The castle with the palace square
Aerial view
Inner courtyard of the castle
Large floors in winter
Castle Forum
In 2004, the Burgforum eV was founded to support the gallery's activities. The aim of the association is the promotion of art and culture as well as the promotion and strengthening of democratic awareness among the population. This is achieved through art exhibitions and cultural and educational events.
literature
- Literature from and about Großbodungen Castle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dr. Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen: Castle and Village Grossbodungen in their history. Large floors 1997
- Gustav Blau: On the history of the houses and their owners . 3rd version. Plaidt: Cardamina 2011
- Dr. Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen: The castle in Großbodungen: On the history of a monument in Eichsfeld. 5th revised edition. Großbodungen 2011, ISBN 3-00-013062-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Thuringian State Archives Rudolstadt
- ↑ 550 years of history about the Großbodunger Burg
- ↑ Castles Monument Prize for Castle and Kemenate Großbodungen
- ^ Gallery in the castle - exhibitions
- ↑ Großbodungen Castle is for sale. Thuringian General , November 2, 2017
- ^ Gallery in the castle - Burgforum eV