Shlisselburg Castle

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Shlisselburg Castle
Shlisselburg Castle

Shlisselburg Castle

Creation time : 1335
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Receive
Standing position : Clerical
Place: Key castle
Geographical location 52 ° 28 '57 "  N , 9 ° 4' 23"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 28 '57 "  N , 9 ° 4' 23"  E
Schluesselburg Castle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Shlisselburg Castle
Castle and church from the east

The Schluesselburg Castle is a castle in the district of Schluesselburg in the town of Petershagen in the Minden-Lübbecke district . It is not far west of the Weser .

history

The castle was built in 1335 by Bishop Ludwig von Minden . It was named after the coat of arms of the diocese of Minden . As a branch of the castle in Petershagen , it was supposed to protect against attacks from the north, in particular against the Count of Hoya with Stolzenau Castle . The Princely Bishopric of Minden was divided into five lordly offices, the administrative centers of which were the five regional castles of Schluesselburg, Petershagen, Hausberge , Rahden and Reineberg. The central administration, the episcopal chancellery, as well as the residence of the bishop, had been in Petershagen Castle since the beginning of the 14th century. Because of the financial difficulties of the sovereigns, the castle was pledged to local noble families. The owners of the castle were the von Münchhausen and von Klencke families . The military importance declined more and more in the 15th century.

After the end of the Thirty Years' War , the castle became the office of the Schlüsselburg Office. In 1822 Johann Georg von Möller bought the state domain. His descendants built the Schluesselburg manor on the right bank of the Weser . In 1846 the castle came into the possession of the city of Schluesselburg and housed the municipal administration of Schlüsselburg until 1934 and the school until 1961. Today the castle is privately owned and is not open to the public.

building

The building that still exists today is the remainder of an originally two-wing complex. This complex was built between 1581 and 1585 and replaced the original buildings. The north wing was demolished in the 19th century. On the chimney of the north gable is a stork's nest, which has been permanently occupied since at least 1935.

literature

  • Bernd Wilhelm Linnemeier: Contributions to the history of spots and parish key castle . Evangelical Lutheran Church Community in Schluesselburg, Stolzenau 1986.
  • Friedrich Niewöhner , Fidel Rädle (ed.): Conversions in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period (= Hildesheimer research. Vol. 1). Olms, Hildesheim et al. 1999, ISBN 3-487-11065-2 .

See also

Web links

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