Westerhusen Castle
| Westerburg | ||
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 Wall and moat remains of Westerhusen Castle |
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| Creation time : | unknown | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Back | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 24 '46.1 " N , 7 ° 10' 56.2" E | |
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The castle Westerhusen is an Outbound castle in the East Frisian municipality of Hinte in the district of Aurich in Lower Saxony . It was in the Westerhusen district . Troops from the city of Hamburg destroyed the castle in 1436.
history
Westerhusen has been the seat of judges and chiefs since at least the 14th century . It is unknown when they built a castle in the village. Presumably it was a stone house , similar to the preserved stone house of Bunderhee .
The facility is mentioned for the first time when it was destroyed in 1436. The chief at the time, Ewe or Ewo Howerda, defended his property against a mercenary troop . On behalf of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Cirksena, the latter fought the pirates and the chiefs allied with them. According to Eggerik Beninga , he was able to fend off a first attack . In the second attempt, the mercenaries captured the building. They had this almost completely demolished and wood, stones, ironwork and other materials ( fetching, standing, iserwerck and other materialia ) transported to Emden , thereby expanding the fortifications there. Ewe lost his rank as chief, henceforth called himself Ewe wandaghes tho Westerhusen hovetling (= Ewe, former chief of Westerhusen) and died in 1457.
It is possible that he ceded his position as judge and chief during his lifetime to his son Wyloff, who was named as Wyloff Ewes on November 5, 1445 among the issuers of a certificate. It is unknown whether he had the castle rebuilt larger and more beautiful . What is certain is that there was a Renaissance castle in its place in the 16th century, which was owned by Chief Reint in 1529. From the end of the 16th century there seems to have been no more chiefs in Westerhusen, as they are no longer mentioned in a document. The castle was probably demolished in the 17th century and gave way to a manor house. This burned down around 1780 and was rebuilt as a large country house . In 1785 the land rent master Conring bought the property. In the 19th century, the wealthy farmer Dirk Janssen Groenewold owned the manor house. He had the property rebuilt around 1860 and in the course of the work “a balcony, a veranda or a so-called shield gable” was added to the building. In the 20th century, the Ukena family sold the property and sold the building to the Ostfriesische Arbeitsigungs- und Wohnstätten GmbH , a facility for the disabled that operates a residence there. The municipality of Hinte acquired the surrounding areas including the former castle garden.
The castle's shed, built around 1600, and the castle site, which is still partially enclosed by Graften and Zingel, have been preserved . Both are now under monument protection .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Günter Müller: 293 castles and palaces in the Oldenburg area - East Frisia . Oldenburg 1977. p. 209
- ↑ a b c Emder Zeitung of January 17, 2014: 400 years of garden history slumber in the "Börgtuun" ( memento of the original from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d e f local schonists of the East Frisian landscape : Westerhusen, Hinte community, Aurich district . Retrieved September 24, 2015.
