Obbendorf Castle
| Obbendorf Castle | ||
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 Residence and gate tower of the castle |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 893 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Knight | |
| Construction: | Brick | |
| Place: | Hambach | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 53 '47 " N , 6 ° 26' 42" E | |
| Height: | 95 m above sea level NN | |
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The Obbendorf Castle is a former manor in Hambach , a district of the Niederzier municipality in the Düren district , North Rhine-Westphalia . The complex is now home to a hotel-restaurant.
description
Obbendorf Castle is a four-wing complex, the buildings of which form a rectangle and enclose an inner courtyard. The house with its distinctive gables from the Renaissance period is on the eastern corner . Wall anchors tell of its year of construction: 1604. A three-storey gate tower adjoins it to the north . The former farm buildings of the castle occupy today's south and north wings and date from the 19th century. The oldest parts of the Niederungsburg made of brick are its gate tower and the foundations , which date from the end of the 13th / beginning of the 14th century. The former trenches that surrounded the complex are only partially preserved.
history
Obbendorf was first mentioned in a document in 893 in the Prümer Urbar . The first known owner was a knight named Reinhard von Oppendorp, who was first mentioned in 1301. From 1350 to 1481 the Schellarts, relatives of Reinhard von Oppendorp, were owners. 1404 ducal Hofmeister Johann Schellart de Oppendorf was additionally Castle Gürzenich invested . At that time the knight's seat was called "Obendorph". Hermann von Hammerstein is recorded as the owner in 1481. This family remained the owner until the beginning of the 17th century.
In 1604 the residential buildings were completely rebuilt by the von Hammerstein family. She also changed the gate tower and converted it into residential use. Its top floor was removed. Only a short time after this construction work, Theodor Althoven, Vice Chancellor of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg , acquired the complex for 6300 Reichstaler . His grandchildren sold the indebted property in 1764 to the main creditor, a Freiherr von Hallberg.
After 1850 the castle was converted into a farm. The grandfather of the current owner, Hubert Müller, bought the property in 1907 and converted the complex with the northern barn into a closed courtyard.
After a major renovation in 1995, the castle was converted into a hotel-restaurant.
literature
- Castles & fortresses in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. A tour of discovery . GEV, Eupen 2002, ISBN 90-5433-159-3 , p. 87.
- Karl Franck-Oberaspach, Edmund Renard : The art monuments of the Jülich district (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province . Volume 8, Section 1). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1902, pp. 85-89.
- Dirk Holtermann, Holger A. Dux : The Düren castle tour. Cycling between the Rur and the Eifel . Bouvier, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-416-02979-8 , p. 59 ( online ).
- Karl Emerich Krämer : From castle to castle between Cologne and Aachen. 2nd Edition. Mercator, Duisburg 1984, ISBN 3-87463-117-6 , p. 43.
Web links
- Castle website
- Entry by Gabriele Rustemeyer on Obbendorf Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ^ Severin Corsten: Hambach. In: Walther Zimmermann , Hugo Borger (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 3: North Rhine-Westphalia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 273). Kröner, Stuttgart 1963, DNB 456882847 , p. 249.
- ^ HA Dux: The Düren Castle Tour. P. 59.