House Luetkenbeck

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The former courthouse and today's main building.

Haus Lütkenbeck is a former moated castle in Münster, Westphalia .

location

The buildings, located in the south-east of the city near the harbor on Lütkenbecker Weg , are the remnants of a baroque complex built between 1695 and 1720 . The chapel of the house is still used for services and concerts. Originally built at the gates of Münster, the buildings are now located within the closed settlement area, but are largely protected from city noise by the Telgenbusch and Sternbusch forest areas .

history

The old chapel and in the background on the left a stable that was demolished in 2011.

The property on which the complex is located was an old fiefdom of the bishops of Münster . Around 1300 the lords of the mountains are documented as owners here, followed by the heirs of Drolshagen , who originally belonged to the Hessian knighthood. These died out at the end of the 17th century, so that the property came into the possession of Droste zu Vischering . Construction of the moated castle began in 1695. The building contract probably goes to Gottfried Laurenz Pictorius , who had already built Nordkirchen Castle . Another builder is also Lambert Friedrich Corfey called. In 1720 the castle was completed, but burned down that same year without being rebuilt; only the pavilions and farm buildings belonging to the palace remained. The chapel kept its function. The other buildings continued to be used for agriculture. Occasionally, smaller folk festivals took place here. In 1801, Erbdroste left the property to Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg as a summer residence for a few years . The poet described the "friendly place" very vividly. The Erbdrosten only lived here for a short time in 1884.

architecture

The outer bailey includes two octagonal pavilions (the chapel with the baroque altar and the courthouse), which are connected to the farm buildings by arcades that are open to the courtyard. The chapel was badly damaged in World War II. To the south-west is the old tithe house , which used to be equipped with stables. Walls adjoin the two pavilions and form the prelude to the actual outer bailey. The arcades led to the massive so-called tenant house, which burned out in 1847 and had to be rebuilt and which was rebuilt after the Second World War . Most recently, the tenant house served as a farmhouse with stables and a living area with a hearth fire. It was demolished in 2011, as were the stables. A residential building with 11 rental apartments was built in place of the tenant house.

The economic building (also known as the Zehnthaus or Remise ), which was also laid out as a solid stone structure and whose two floors are covered by a hipped roof, adjoins the southwest . The old stables have now been converted into apartments. The old watchtower was demolished in 1835, but the foundation walls are still clearly visible. Of the actual castle, i.e. the manor house , there were also little more than a few moats and walls left in the area. A few small ponds have been preserved from the baroque French-style garden ; the original, regular layout of the 190 hectare park, which is oriented in a northwest-southeast direction, is clearly recognizable.

literature

  • Liselotte Folkerts: House Lütkenbeck. Baroque jewel on the outskirts of the city of Münster in history, literature and art . Ardey, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-87023-305-2 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 38.2 "  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 39"  E