Sassenberg Castle
| Sassenberg Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1305 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, z. T. industrial construction | |
| Standing position : | Landesburg | |
| Place: | Sassenberg | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 59 '20.7 " N , 8 ° 2' 36.1" E | |
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The Outbound Castle Sassenberg was a country castle of the Bishopric of Münster in Sassenberg in the district of Warendorf in North Rhine-Westphalia . It was later expanded into a castle . Large parts were demolished in the 19th century, others were used commercially.
history
In the area of the castle grounds there were remains of a tower hill castle , which suggests that the complex was very old. The moth was still visible up to modern times. However, its early history is largely in the dark until the 14th century. According to historians of the 16th century, a hill fort was built by Lothar von Süpplingenburg on the occasion of his campaign against Bishop Burchard von Münster in 1121. Afterwards Lothar is said to have handed over the castle to Bernhard I. zur Lippe . It is also unproven that after the defeat of Heinrich the Lion and his follower Bernhard II zur Lippe the castle came to Münster.
Sassenberg was first mentioned in a document in 1305 under Bishop Everhard von Diest . The castle served as a protective castle against neighboring lords and as a hunting seat for the bishops. Around 1334 the castle consisted of a main and outer bailey . There was also a castle chapel, built between 1313 and 1376, which also served as a parish church. The plant was built on several islands and moats , from the river Hessel fed surrounded. The Burgmannshöfe were on one of these islands . By 1400 there were fourteen of them. Most of them disappeared when the castle lost its importance. Some of the farms were sold to non-aristocratic owners. The castle became the official seat of the former Drosten von Warendorf . The Drost of the Sassenberg Office was located in the old castle house, which was demolished after 1797.
Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen had the castle expanded. A princely garden was laid out. Settlers and a new Drostenhof were built on the highway. In the area of the Fürstengarten there are the chess flower meadows , one of the few areas in Germany in which the strictly protected chess flower still occurs.
After 1670 a parish church was built, which marks the actual beginning of today's town of Sassenberg. At this time, meetings with princes such as Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg took place on Sassenberg .
Prince-Bishop Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg wanted to build a large palace in place of the castle. He had the outer bailey with the Burgmann houses and the castle chapel demolished. From 1698 the master builder Ambrosius von Oelde completely redesigned the outer bailey in the Baroque style . The middle building was now 90 meters long. There were also two side wings with a length of 47 meters.
After his election, Clemens August von Bayern moved into the new building. He stayed there almost permanently until 1723. Gottfried Laurenz Pictorius and the Bonn court paper maker Rossignolt redesigned the interior of his apartment . Clemens August also had major changes in the park. A ballroom and an orangery were created. Stone busts of Roman emperors were placed in the park.
The old main castle was partially demolished in 1787. The rest followed after 1815. The park became overgrown. In the bailey a worsted spinning and dyeing was established. In the middle of the 19th century the buildings were heavily modified.
literature
- Handbook of Historic Places. Vol. 3 North Rhine-Westphalia. Stuttgart, 1970 p. 662
- Wilhelm Kohl: The diocese of Münster. The diocese 1. Berlin, 1999 (Germania sacra NF 37.1) p. 25f.
- Karl E. Mummenhoff: Comments on the buildings of Elector Clemens August in the dioceses of Münster and Paderborn, the Duchy of Westphalia and Vest Recklinghausen. In: Elector Clemens August. Sovereign and patron of the 18th century. Exhibition in Augustusburg Castle in Brühl 1961. Cologne, 1961 pp. 271f.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Sassenberg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute