Former prince-bishop's hunting lodge
The former prince-bishop's hunting lodge is a listed half-timbered building in Hövelhof in the Paderborn district (North Rhine-Westphalia). It is currently used as a Catholic rectory .
History and architecture
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The former hunting lodge stands on part of the site of the former Hövelhof, an ancient courtyard that is closely related to the origins of the community. It had existed since around 1000 and was mentioned in a tax list in 1446. The courtyard was destroyed by fire in 1903.
The half-timbered building was built in 1661 as a hunting lodge for the Paderborn prince-bishop Adolf von der Recke , who owned the Hövelhof. Since 1715 it has been used as a rectory for the Catholic parish church. The building is in the center, the entire facility was originally umgräftet . The simple, two-story building with a gabled roof covered. There are four diagonally placed stand bay windows at the four corners . The porch on the entrance side was built around 1780. Of the half-timbered outbuildings, the large house from the 18th century and the parish barn from the 19th century have been preserved. The right of the two outbuildings is marked 1774. The castle is the oldest building in Hövelhof.
literature
- Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2
- Albert Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia Volume 7 Paderborn district from 1899 ( Paderborn University Library )
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Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 16.7 " N , 8 ° 39 ′ 24.7" E