Neuhaus Castle (Liebenau)
| Neuhaus Castle | ||
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 Aerial view of the castle with signs of vegetation |
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| Creation time : | around 1240 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Liebenau | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 35 '14.3 " N , 9 ° 6' 34.6" E | |
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The castle Neuhaus is an Outbound castle south of Liebenau in Lower Saxony . The castle site is now on an agricultural area not far from the Weser .
description
The castle was a medieval low castle . It is known about its original shape that the complex, built in 1242, consisted of a keep and was surrounded by a wall at that time. In 1279 the castle was fortified with a curtain wall. After it was destroyed in 1335 or 1346, the castle remained in ruins , the remains of which were completely demolished by 1850.
Today the castle site appears as a rectangular, about half a meter high elevation with a size of 100 × 50 meters. In the aerial photo , the former moat is visible as a light discoloration of the ground. A moat bulge to the west indicates a former outer bailey.
history
After the diocese of Minden had acquired extensive land between Marklohe and Schlüsselburg from the Counts of Oldenburg in 1241 , Bishop Wilhelm secured the area against the county of Hoya by building Neuhaus Castle ("castrum novum"). A customs office on the Weser belonged to the castle , the income of which was pledged until 1320. Until the 14th century, the castle was a preferred place of residence for the Minden bishops . After the Counts of Wölpe had occupied the castle, Bishop Otto got it back in 1270 after paying a large sum of money. After a betrayal by three castle men in 1335, the Counts of Hoya managed to capture and destroy the castle. Liebenau Castle and the St. Laurentius Church in Liebenau are said to have been built from their stone remains .
Research history
The location of the historically handed down castle was unknown for a long time. In 1999, a private pilot took aerial photos with vegetation features in grain fields in the Liebenau district . The recordings indicated the location of the castle site. Later, volunteers from the municipal archeology department of the Schaumburg landscape carried out inspections on the area . These led to the discovery of metal objects and fragments of medieval ceramic vessels from the 13th and 14th centuries. In 2017, students at the University of Göttingen carried out a geophysical survey using a magnetometer . Structures were found in the ground that suggest building remains. An archaeological investigation has not yet taken place.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Bruchdorf, Neuhaus in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute