Ober-Ense Castle

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Ober-Ense Castle
Alternative name (s): Oberense, Ense Castle
Creation time : before 1350
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Remains of two corner towers, remnants of the eastern enclosing wall
Standing position : Nobles
Place: Ober-Ense
Geographical location 51 ° 14 '6.1 "  N , 8 ° 50' 17.9"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '6.1 "  N , 8 ° 50' 17.9"  E
Height: 379  m above sea level NHN
Ober-Ense Castle (Hesse)
Ober-Ense Castle

The former Ober-Ense Castle , also known as Oberense or Ense Castle , is a moated castle on the southern outskirts of Ober-Ense , a district of Korbach in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse . Only the remains of two corner towers and the eastern wall remain of the former castle complex.

history

The castle was first mentioned in 1350 as a fiefdom from Corvey Abbey to the Lords of Engern . By whom and when it was built cannot be clearly determined. Later it came into the possession of the Lords of Padberg . They pledged these in 1410 to the Archbishop of Cologne , Friedrich von Köln . Count Heinrich IX. von Waldeck, however, did not tolerate any possession of Cologne on his territory and after numerous feuds the Padbergers had to give up Ober-Ense (Oberense) for good in 1454. The castle came into the hands of Count Heinrich. This then transferred them to Kraft IV. Von Grafschaft in 1454 (or 1457) to fiefdom , and the Lords of Grafschaft moved their residence from the decaying castle Nordenau to Ober-Ense. They renewed the castle and strengthened it with two corner towers. In 1521, after the death of Philip von Grafschaft, the Lords of Viermünden raised claims to the castle, but received only one settlement.

Jobst (Jodocus) von Grafschaft, the last of his line, died on September 15, 1572 at the castle. The fiefdom fell back to the County of Waldeck. Count Heinrich VII von Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Anna von Viermünden zu Nordenbeck made Ober-Ense their residence.

From 1599 Magdalene Lucia von Waldeck (* February 16, 1561/62; † April 10, 1621), a daughter of Count Wolrad II von Waldeck , lived in the castle until her death. She called herself "damsel of Ober-Ensa".

At the beginning of the 18th century, Prince Friedrich Anton Ulrich von Waldeck had the now dilapidated buildings demolished. The stones that were still usable were used for the construction of the princely manor house in Korbach.

Current condition

From the square floor plan of the castle, a base about three to five meters high has been preserved. It was originally surrounded by a moat that can still be seen in the east. The moat was fed by the Itter springs located above . Of the two defensive towers on the east side, there are also small remains of the foundations. The remains of the northern tower still have loopholes . A cellar on the north-west side has also been preserved, but it may have belonged to a mill mentioned in 1505 .

literature

  • Dehio , Hessen I, p. 717.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites. 3. Edition. Wartberg publishing house. Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 128.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , pp. 222–223.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association for the history and antiquity of Westphalia: magazine for patriotic history and antiquity. Volume 12: The constitution of the former Paderborn bishopric in earlier and later times. P. 262. , F. Regensberg, Münster 1851.
  2. ^ Johann Suibert Seibertz: History of the noblemen from Grafschaft zu Norderna and their supporters in the bailiwicks Grafschaft and Brunscapell . In: Association for history and antiquity of Westphalia (ed.): Journal for patriotic history and antiquity . Volume 12 / New Episode Volume 2. F. Regensberg, Münster 1851, p. 262 ( digitized version in Google book search).
  3. ↑ Bernd Kirschbaum: Gerhard Kleinsorgen (1530–1591) a historian in Westphalia in the early modern period . The work and its author, p. 31, Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-2423-0 .