Noer Castle
The Noer castle in Noer in Schleswig-Holstein was once the mansion of a Gutswirtschaft . After the owners of the estate changed several times over the centuries, the agricultural operation was discontinued in the 20th century and Schloss Noer now serves as a place for young people to learn and meet.
historical overview
Noer belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig and had been in the possession of various ancient noble families in Schleswig-Holstein since the late Middle Ages . From 1417 to 1610 it belonged to the Ahlefeld , until 1675 the Rantzau , then briefly to the Rumohr family and then from 1680 to 1763 to the Brockdorff family . The previous building of today's castle was built at the beginning of the 18th century to replace an older residence in neighboring Grönwohld . In 1763 the estate came into the possession of the Counts Moltke , under whose rule serfdom on Noer was lifted at the beginning of the 19th century . In 1832 Noer was acquired by the Danish Princess Louise Auguste to serve as a residence for her second son Friedrich Emil August . The so-called Prince von Noer served as the Danish governor and then played an important role in the uprising against Denmark from 1848. As a result of these events, Friedrich Emil August went into exile . After the end of Danish rule in 1864, the prince was appointed Prince von Noer by the Prussian king and Noer became the family seat of his line.
Numerous changes took place on the estate in the 20th century. The lordship on Noer was dissolved in 1928 and the village of the same name emerged from the Noer estate and the lands were leased. In 1960 the property was transferred to the Schleswig-Holstein Society for Youth Care Institutions by Ehrengard Countess zu Rantzau . V. and set up a youth education and meeting place on the former estate, which is still in existence today.
Buildings
lock
According to an old definition, in Schleswig and Holstein (as in Mecklenburg) only the buildings of the sovereigns were called palaces ; the houses of the landed gentry, to which Noer belongs, were therefore to be described as mansions . However, this rule was not applied in a binding manner everywhere, as was the case in Noer, which also came into royal possession in the 19th century through Princess Louise Auguste and which is known as Schloss Noer to this day.
The main features of today's castle stem from the building that was laid out under Joachim von Brockdorff from 1708 to 1711 together with the courtyard. The building has been expanded and rebuilt several times over the centuries, so the side towers were only added at the beginning of the 20th century. The central part of the palace was largely destroyed in a fire in 1933 and then rebuilt in an almost baroque style based on the old shape , with the shape of the roof being simplified.
It is a broad, two-story building with thirteen window axes, the narrow sides of which are each flanked by a three-story tower. The representative façade faces the courtyard and is adorned with a segmented gable ; the main portal lies under a central portico . The rear facade is oriented towards the garden and largely dispenses with structural decorations.
Inside, the old room layout was retained even after the fire, although due to the current use there are hardly any traces of the former furnishings. The most important interior space is the garden hall following the vestibule , the plaited wall paneling of which dates from the second half of the 18th century. Some smaller salons with stucco in the Rococo style were restored after the fire.
Courtyard and park
Opposite the castle, several buildings from the 18th century have been preserved, which were then created together with the new building of the courtyard. It is the so-called inspector's house and the riding stables, which today serve as leisure and bed houses in the operation of the meeting place.
To the west of the castle is a landscaped garden in the English style , which leads into the nearby forest area and from there to the Eckernförde Bay . The garden is also used as a meeting place today. The park is structured with lawns and groups of trees, and a small mausoleum was built as contemporary garden architecture in the second half of the 19th century . This building was designed by the Semper student Heinrich Moldenschardt and served as a burial place for Count Friedrich Carl August von Noer and his wife Carmelita.
literature
- Henning v. Rumohr: Castles and mansions in the Duchy of Schleswig. Rework by Cai Asmus v. Rumohr. 3rd edition. Verlag Weidlich Würzburg, 1987, ISBN 3-8035-1302-2 , p. 333.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German Art Monuments - Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1994.
- Hans u. Doris Maresch: Schleswig-Holstein's castles, manors and palaces. Husum Verlag, Husum 2006.
- Deert Lafrenz: manors and manors in Schleswig-Holstein. Published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Schleswig-Holstein. 2nd edition Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86568-971-9 , p. 403.
Web links
- Homepage of the leisure and educational center Schloss Noer
- Schloss Noer on the website of the municipality of Noer
Coordinates: 54 ° 27 '42.4 " N , 10 ° 0' 7.2" E