Lippspringe Castle
| Lippspringe Castle | ||
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 Ruins of Lippspringe Castle from the southwest |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1312 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Clerical | |
| Place: | Bad Lippspringe | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 46 '52.2 " N , 8 ° 49' 21" E | |
| Height: | 140 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Lippspringe is the ruins of a moated castle next to the lip source in the spa town of Bad Lippspringe in the circle Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
In 1312 the castle was first mentioned in the possession of the Paderborn cathedral chapter .
In 1482 the castle was re-fortified after numerous sieges and damage. It was significantly damaged in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), largely destroyed during the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and then abandoned. From 1785 to 1829 many walls were torn down and the moats filled in.
The castle was inhabited by castle men. Important Burgmann families were the von Westphalen , who had one of their headquarters here from 1350, that of Elmeringshausen and later that of Haxthausen .
From 1906 to 1907 the Kursaal was built on the site of the former main building of the castle. The town of Bad Lippspringe has owned the castle since 1946. Between 1955 and 1956 it was converted into today's congress center.
description
The former castle complex essentially consisted of the main castle built as a moated castle and an outer castle . The remains of the former residential building, those of an office building, an enclosure wall and the historic castle cellar are still preserved.
