Erichsburg
| Erichsburg | ||
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 The Erichsburg as a Merian copper engraving around 1650 |
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| Creation time : | around 1500 to 1600 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Obtained in essential parts | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Dassel -Erichsburg | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 49 '21.4 " N , 9 ° 43' 5.5" E | |
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The Erichsburg is a 16th-century castle of the Principality of Calenberg at the edge of Dasseler settlement Erichsburg in Lower Saxony Northeim district . The castle belongs to the type of low castles ( swamp castle ) and has been preserved in essential parts.
Geographical location
The Erichsburg is located on the eastern edge of Erichsburg, a settlement in the Dassel district of Hunnesrück . It was in a swampy valley at about 158 m above sea level. NHN erected. The castle is surrounded by several ponds, including the Försterteich, the Langerteich, the Eckteich and the Schulteich. The Bremke flows past to the south .
investment
Precursor plant
The forerunner was Hunnesrück Castle , which the Counts of Dassel built in the 13th century about 2.5 km west of the Erichsburg near Dassel in the Amtsbergen . In 1521 in the Hildesheim collegiate feud of Erich I together with Heinrich the Younger von Wolfenbüttel, it was shot at with heavy artillery from the Hatop ridge and captured. From this destroyed castle only remains of walls and ramparts are left.
Erichsburg
The Erichsburg was previously protected by a wide moat and high ramparts . Next to her was an agricultural Vorwerk . The main parts of this castle have been preserved - in a poor state of restoration.
history
Duke Erich I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg no longer had the conquered and war-damaged Hunnesrück Castle repaired. Instead, he had the Erichsburg built from 1527 by 1530. It was named after the heir, who was born in 1528, later Duke Erich II. His father Erich I temporarily served as the official residence. During the construction period he lived in Hunnesrück Castle.
Duke Julius von Wolfenbüttel had the castle expanded between 1604 and 1612. Its builder was Paul Francke . As early as 1688, buildings from the first construction phase were demolished due to damage. As a result of the preliminary work for the economic maintenance of the castle, a small estate settlement developed, which, as the Erichsburg settlement, belongs to the Hunnesrück district of Dassel.
From 1891 to 1980, the Hannoversche Landeskirche leased the Erichsburg and initially maintained a seminary there , and from 1971 a leisure home.
In 1980 the castle-like complex was transferred to private ownership from the state of Lower Saxony.
Renovations and events
Renovation work has taken place in the castle in recent years, during which the chapel and a model room were completed. The upper part of the stair tower is in a poor structural condition and has had numerous repairs. The outdoor facilities with lawns, paths, old trees, moats , ponds and ramparts are in a well-tended condition (as of August 2012). At the beginning of 2014 the owner of the castle changed. The new owner wants to renovate it together with a newly founded development association and use it for historical events such as markets, weddings and jousting games . In 2016, a film for the mystery series "Haunted" of the broadcaster TLC Germany was shot at Erichsburg .
Detail on the house facade
Sign in the Erichsburg settlement
literature
- Konrad Maier: The Erichsburg, a little-known architectural monument from the early 17th century. In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony . Vol. 12, No. 1, 1992, pp. 38-39.
- Markus C. Blaich , Sonja Stadje, Kim Kappes: Burg Hunnesrück and Erichsburg in: The Heldenburg near Salzderhelden, castle and residence in the Principality of Grubenhagen , (= guide to the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony. 32) Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg, 2019, p. 107-110.
Web links
- Schloss-Erichsburg (official homepage), on schloss-erichsburg.de
- Erichsburg , reconstruction drawing in the medieval state, on burgrebaus.de
- Erichsburg (information and historical drawing of the Erichsburg) and legends from Hunnesrück and Erichsburg , on hunnesrück.de
- Hunnesrück and Erichsburg over the centuries , on stadt-dassel.de
- Erichsburg Castle , current photo, on burgen-und-schloesser.net
- Erichsburg , photos at the Photo Archive Photo Marburg , on bildindex.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b New cultural life in Erichsburg Castle ( memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), from April 1, 2014, on ndr.de