Ravensberg Castle
| Ravensberg Castle | ||
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 Defense tower and forester's house of the castle ruins |
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| Alternative name (s): | Ravensberg castle ruins | |
| Creation time : | 1080 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | High nobility | |
| Place: | Borgholzhausen | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 4 '57.4 " N , 8 ° 17' 49.8" E | |
| Height: | 269 m above sea level NN | |
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The Ravensburg mountain is obtained in parts height castle in the northeastern North Rhine-Westphalia and the name to the county of ravensberg ; Through this, it is indirectly the namesake of the Ravensberger Land cultural landscape and the main natural spatial unit of Ravensberger Hügelland . The castle lies at an altitude of 269 m. NN high hill about 2.5 km south of Borgholzhausen ( Gütersloh district ) in the Teutoburg Forest . In terms of natural space, it is part of the natural space sub-unit Haller Osning, which is part of the Osning-Kamm sub-unit, which in turn belongs to the main unit Bielefelder Osning; it is therefore not in the Ravensberg hill country, which is indirectly named after it.
history
The castle was built around 1080 by Hermann (II.) Von Calvelage and was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Ravensberg until 1346 . It was first mentioned in a document in 1141. The castle, surrounded by a curtain wall and a dry moat, was divided into a fore and a main castle . Access was via a gatehouse with a drawbridge and subsequent kennel . In both parts of the castle there were farm buildings, in the main castle there were also the palace , the keep , the castle fountain and the castle chapel Sankta Magdalena. The keep has a teardrop-shaped floor plan, i. H. the attack side is tapered to a sharp corner where projectiles should ricochet off.
After the death of the last local Count of Ravensberg in 1346, the castle came as heir to the later House of Jülich-Kleve-Berg and later to the Hohenzollern family . During the Thirty Years War the castle changed hands several times. During this time, in 1646, the keep was renewed. In 1662 the last castle garrison was withdrawn.
In 1673 troops of Prince-Bishop of Münster Christoph Bernhard von Galen attacked the castle and largely destroyed it. In 1695 the Drostei housed there was relocated from the dilapidated buildings of the castle. In the following years the castle fell into disrepair. Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia had all the buildings demolished in 1733 so that new houses could be built from the stones. Only the keep remained to this day.
Around 1830 the further decline of the castle was stopped permanently. The commitment of the President of the Province of Westphalia, Ludwig von Vincke , not only led to the preservation of the castle, but also to the construction of a viewing platform on the tower. In 1868 a forester's house was built in the castle courtyard to increase the attractiveness as an excursion destination and thus contribute to preservation.
In 2003 the castle became the property of the Ravensberg Castle Foundation, which was set up to preserve it .
In 2006 the keep was extensively renovated. At the same time, students from the University of Bamberg carried out archaeological excavations lasting several weeks in the outer bailey. The approximately 20 meter high keep can still be climbed and offers a very good all-round view.
The foundation offers experiential lessons for school classes and other educational programs. In the entertainment area, playful historical events and cultural offers take place.
View around 1872
Ravensberg Castle in winter from the north-west
Floor plan 1909
Keep 1897
Hiking trails
The Sachsenweg , a 41-kilometer long- distance hiking trail , begins at Ravensberg Castle and leads to Limberg Castle near Preußisch Oldendorf in the Minden-Lübbecke district and is looked after by members of the Teutoburg Forest Association . - The Sachsenweg with the signpost -Markierung S labeled.
literature
- Frank Huismann: Medieval castles in eastern Westphalia. An overview. In: Lippe messages from history and regional studies . tape 71 . Self-published by the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land Lippe eV, Detmold 2002.
- Historical Association of the County of Ravensberg: Conference reports on the history of Ravensburg . In: 91st annual report of the Historical Association of the County of Ravensberg . Bielefeld 2006.
- Carl-Heinz Beune: Ravensberg Castle: Of counts and countesses, of documents and walls . TPK-Regionalverlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-936359-42-8 .
- Stefan Leenen: Ravensberg Castle near Borgholzhausen, Gütersloh district. In: Early castles in Westphalia . tape 31 . LWL, Münster 2010.
Web links
- Website of the Ravensberg Castle Foundation
- Entry about Ravensberg Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- NRW-Stiftung.de: Rescue for the knight's castle
- Chronicle of Ravensberg Castle at Burgenwelt.de
- Pictures of the castle in the picture archive of the LWL media center for Westphalia
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Ravensberg Castle: Today and in the future on the Ravensburg Castle website, accessed on December 31, 2018.
