Ohsen Castle
| Ohsen Castle | ||
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 Ohsen Castle, on the left the Schwarzes Laster tower , on the right the keep |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Hagenohsen | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 3 '5.8 " N , 9 ° 23' 37.6" E | |
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The castle Ohsen is a moated castle in Hagenohsen , in the municipality of Emmerthal in Hameln in Hamelin-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony . The castle was built in the 13th century and served to secure the crossing over the Weser .
Description and history
The castle complex with two towers is located directly on the Weser. The larger tower in the main castle was the residential tower and keep . It was built into the southeast wing of the building at the beginning of the 13th century. The smaller tower served as a prison and was known as the Black Vice . In the Middle Ages, the term referred to sorcery, which was punishable by the death penalty. In the 16th century, two women from Tündern were imprisoned in the castle on charges of sorcery; in 1583 they were burned. An inscription on the smaller tower reminds of this. On the Weser side of this tower is the coat of arms of the Counts of Spiegelberg from the 1st half of the 15th century. Bodo von Homburg (1256-1316) married Agnes von Spiegelberg in 1302 .
In 1259 the castle of the Counts of Everstein is called castrum . Around 1335 the counts had to leave the castle to the dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg , who in turn handed it over to the noblemen of Homburg (arch rivals of the Eversteiners). Castle Ohsen belonged to the Counts of Spiegelberg, whose head office was in Castle Coppenbrügge , from 1408. After they were defeated by the Welfs in a dispute in 1435 , they gave up Coppenbrugge and withdrew to Ohsen, impoverished.
Up to 2.2 meters thick foundation walls as well as two towers have been preserved from the medieval structure . In 1815 the castle came to the Kingdom of Hanover . Since then it has served as a farm. Today the facility is privately owned.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann on Ohsen in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Founding history with allegedly Carolingian background
- Description with a drawing of the Black Vice Tower
- Photos of Ohsen Castle and floor plan
- Reconstruction drawing in the medieval state