Konradsheim Castle
| Castle Konradsheim | ||
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 Konradsheim Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1337 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Standing position : | Knights, clerics, nobility | |
| Construction: | Brick | |
| Place: | Erftstadt - Konradsheim | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 48'57.7 " N , 6 ° 46'2" E | |
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Konradsheim Castle in Erftstadt is one of the moated castles in the Lechenich district . It is located just under two kilometers north of the Landesburg Lechenich on Frenzenstraße ( L 162 ) at the northern exit of Konradsheim and is one of the few remaining late medieval castle complexes .
history
The castle from the 14th to the 17th centuries
The builder of Konradsheim Castle was Knight Arnold von Buschfeld . This transferred in 1337 for the sum of 400 guilders the Cologne Archbishop Walram of Jülich the open house right on its built from its own resources fortified house ( domum seu munitionem SITAM in Cunrisheim prope Lechnich ,), which gave the right to the Archbishop the fortified to use house at any time. In the enfeoffment , Archbishop Walram Arnold von Buschfeld assured the male and female inheritance .
Walram's successor, Archbishop Wilhelm von Gennep , who had occupied Konradsheim Castle after Arnold's death, was only ready in 1354 to enfeoff Arnold's successor, Gerhard Beissel von dem Weyer, after he had undertaken to raise the fortifications, walls, battlements and battlements to lay down to the lowest window sill ( dye turne van dem selven huyss gelich the nederst vinsterbanck ind the tzinnen van den muren all umb ind umb ind also the muren like the banck, since one is upp ze werge, doen afbruch ind light ). Gerhard also had to undertake to leave everything stored in the house to the archbishop and to bear the costs of the occupation. Konradsheim Castle remained open house and fiefdom of the archbishop.
In the 14th century, several noble families owned property in Konradsheim, including the von Bornheim / Buschfeld family and that of the knight Hermann Quad . The street name "Qualenberg", a misinterpretation of the field name "Quadenberg", still reminds of the Quad family.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the noble family von Konradsheim, who lived in Cologne, was wealthy in Konradsheim and its surroundings. The heirs used the income from the estates for the foundation of the Cologne seminary , which was reopened in 1736 near the cathedral.
Under Wilhelm Haes von Konradsheim and his wife Agnes von Bernsau, the castle was completely renovated within 1548. ( Wilhelm Haeß Marschalck and Anna vo Bernsaw eheluidt hant started in iair 1548 diesse baw and vur out of the same year by the grace gotz volent ) On the west side of the house, a late-Gothic bay window made of red sandstone was built on three corbels , the gable roof of which was also built Shell representation shows Renaissance forms of high quality. Through the marriage of the heir's daughter Sofia Haes to Wessel von Loë , the castle came into the possession of the Lords of Loë zu Wissen bei Kleve in 1617 .
Decay and reconstruction
Since the owners did not live at Konradsheim Castle, necessary repairs were not carried out and parts of the castle fell into disrepair. A drawing by Count Mörner from 1864, on which the north wing of the castle no longer existed, made clear this decay, as well as the loss of the structure of the castle. A few years later, a watercolor by Carl Hohe from 1877, which served as a template for Alexander Duncker's lithograph , showed a collapsed corner tower of the castle.
In 1933, the provincial administration, now the Rhineland Regional Council, had the roofing of the two-storey building with stepped gables renewed as the most urgent renovation measure after the von Loe family had acquired the castle complex. In 1933, State Conservator Wildemann ordered a reconstruction of the wooden walkway on the courtyard side of the manor house. Another restoration of the castle was delayed by the Second World War . Rebuilding began after 1960. The art-historically significant oriel had to be hardened again. The missing north wing of the gatehouse was built on its old floor plan in 1963/64 . A valuable door frame, which comes from the former Lürken Castle , was built into the northern gate wing. At the same time, the tower on the north corner, which had been demolished like the west tower, was increased by two storeys; the west corner tower remained unfinished up to the parapet height . The southern corner tower, which collapsed in the 19th century, was reconstructed and rebuilt in 1971/72. The interior of the castle, which was in a desolate condition, was restored at the instigation of the regional association and their usability was restored.
In 1976 the Landschaftsverband Burg Konradsheim sold to the Neisse family, who at that time already owned the castle courtyard (buildings and lands).
The outer bailey
The outer bailey buildings were protected by moats . Like the trenches of the main castle, they were filled by feeding the Rotbach (today Mühlenbach). From the outer bailey, the courtyard belonging to the castle, which in the 17th century included 315 acres of arable land and 80 acres of Benden , was managed by a tenant ( Halfen ).
Outside the former outer bailey, new residential and farm buildings were built in the 19th century. In addition to the initials of von Loe, the weather vane of the residential building of today's manor also indicates the year 1886 as the date of the new building. Today's farm buildings were mostly built in the 20th century. The farm remained leased until 1905, when the owners of the castle and the courtyard, the Siegburg district administrator Freiherr von Twickel zu Billerbeck and his wife Sofia von Loe zu Wissen, sold the farm to the Pilgram family from Herrig . The Neisse family bought it from their descendants in 1967.
The farm buildings of the former outer bailey no longer exist. The Halfen's house was preserved, a late medieval two-storey brick building with a stepped gable. It was used temporarily as a horse stable and then as a coach house. The renovated building is now the club house of the Burg Konradsheim Golf Club. The gastronomy of the golf club is operated by the "Restaurant Landhaus Konradsheim".
Today's use of the castle
The current owner found a new, contemporary use of the castle after the previous tenant, an antique dealer, had left it in 2007 after more than 30 years. After extensive and extensive modernization work, the castle has been offered for events since spring 2009. Social events, conferences and seminars can take place in the renovated halls, the ballroom on the ground floor and the knight's hall above , but also in the vaulted cellar . Weddings are possible at Konradsheim Castle in the knight's hall and in the specially set up wedding room. The exterior of the castle and the courtyard of the manor can also be used for events.
A golf course adjoins the outdoor area.
In 2004–2009, a pumpkin festival was held in the inner courtyard of the castle complex at the beginning of October, at which, among other things, giant pumpkins of the Atlantic Giant variety were awarded with weights of up to 600 kg per fruit.
Since 2011, a trade fair called “Sahnestücke” has been held regularly at the end of October.
literature
- Karl Stommel : Lechenich office and city. Lechenich 1966.
- Wilfried Hansmann : Rhineland's palaces and castles. Edited by Alexander Dunker 1857–1883. Newly edited and commented by Wilfried Hansmann and Gisbert Knopp . Facsimile volume 1981, ISBN 3-7700-7531-5 and commentary volume 1981, ISBN 3-7700-7532-3 .
Web links
- Overview of the castle complex as it is used today
- Historical summary
- Material on Konradsheim Castle in the Duncker Collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF; 232 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ HSTAD , Kurköln U No. 336.
- ↑ HSTAD, Kurköln U No. 560.
- ↑ Bavarian State Library Munich, Cgm 2213 Coll.Redinghoven, Volume 10, Bl. 87.
- ↑ HAStK . Holdings of the clerical department, 16. Bl. 54, published in Stommel: Sources for the history of the city of Erftstadt. Volume 1. No. 284.
- ↑ HSTAD, Marienforst U No. 167.
- ^ HAEK, inventory of the seminary U No. 35, U No. 39 and U No. 42 (old signature), published in Stommel: Sources for the history of the city of Erftstadt. Volume 3, No. 1920 and No. 2001.
- ^ HAEK, inventory Priesterseminar U No. 44 (old signature), published in Stommel: Sources for the history of the city of Erftstadt. Volume 5, No. 2869.
- ↑ HSTAD, Kurköln Lehen Spezialia 129, Certificate No. 6.
- ↑ Information about the portal
- ^ Archive Zwolle, holdings of Kasteel Rechteren, No. 1453.
- ↑ Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn. Pictured in Rhineland's palaces and castles. Commentary Volume 1981.
- ^ Rhenish homeland maintenance . Vol. 6, No. 2, 1934.
- ^ K. Stommel: Lechenich office and city. Lechenich 1966, page 23.
- ↑ Rhineland's palaces and castles. Commentary Volume 1981.
- ^ K. Stommel: Lechenich office and city. Lechenich 1966. Illustration of the restored knight's hall (1965) on page 119.
- ↑ HAStK, Domstift inventory, A 452 B 18, and Zwolle Archives, Kasteel Rechteren inventory, No. 1509.
