House Beck (Löhne-Ulenburg)

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Haus Beck is a manor in the Ulenburg district of the city of Löhne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It was mentioned for the first time in 1151 as a fiefdom of Herford Abbey . Haus Beck is the headquarters of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck family . From it the Danish royal dynasty Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg emerged, from which Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and prince consort of the British Queen Elizabeth II came from.

history

After the von Beck family no longer existed, the estate was taken over by the von Quernheim family . In 1605, Duke Alexander von Holstein-Sonderburg bought Gut Beck from a Duke of Oldenburg . His son August had the main house built in 1648, which is still preserved today. He called himself August Philipp Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and founded the line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck . Family members born on Beck may include a. Field Marshal General Friedrich Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (* 1653) and Philipp Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (* 1620). The descendants inherited the estate until it was acquired by Baroness von Ledebur - Königsbrück in 1745 . It was sold by the last Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II. Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck , who resided on Beck , who did not inherit Beck himself but bought it from his cousin and Field Marshal Friedrich Wilhelm I.

The title Herzog zu Beck was retained as a titular title . A direct descendant of Duke Friedrich Ludwig , namely Friedrich Wilhelm, born Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck , dropped the name Beck and founded the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg line in 1825 . His son Christian IX. became Danish king and the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg line thus became the royal family of the Danish and subsequently also of the Norwegian and Greek royal families. The title of Duke of Beck was then used by the princes of Denmark , but was no longer of great importance.

In 1750, the cathedral capital of Magdeburg, Werner Heinrich Christoph von Wulfen, inherited the estate. In 1786 it was sold to Freiherr Georg von Mönster , who four years later sold it to Franz Christian von Borries zu Eckendorf . In the 19th century, from 1846 to 1850, the estate was owned by Prince Telemach Handjery (cf. Nicolaus von Handjery ), who then sold it back to the von Borries family. From 1745 to 1899 Haus Beck and Schloss Ulenburg each belonged to one owner, until Friedrich Blomeyer bought Haus Beck in 1899. His son, Adolf Blomeyer , was honorary mayor of the community, SA leader and in 1948 a member of the Parliamentary Council . Haus Beck is still owned by the Blomeyer family today.

The estate also had a double water mill , which consisted of a grain , a boke and an oil mill . In 1988 the mill was demolished. However, the stacking pond was retained.

Current usage (November 2009)

Haus Beck is currently used as a training and exhibition center, among other things. The arable land is used for agriculture. Some courtyard buildings are leased to a kitchen furniture company.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Ulenburg House. Retrieved March 21, 2014 .

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Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 43.2 "  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 41.4"  E