House Werburg
| House Werburg | ||
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 Gatehouse, built in 1596 in the Weser Renaissance style. |
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| Creation time : | around 1468 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Place: | Spenge | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 8 '29.7 " N , 8 ° 28' 35.8" E | |
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House Werburg is a former moated castle in Spenge in the Herford district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The historical building ensemble consists of a manor house, a Renaissance gatehouse and a half-timbered barn.
location
The Werburg is located to the west of the Spenge town center.
history
The first written mention of the Werburg dates back to 1468. In that year Heinrich von Ledebur bequeathed his two Spenger bow seats to his sons Gerhard and Johann. Johann received the Werburg and Gerhard the nearby mill castle . In the following almost 500 years, the Werburg was linked to the names of four noble families ( Ledebur , Ketteler, Münch and von dem Bussche). In 1941, Alhard Freiherr von dem Bussche -Münch sold the Werburg with all the remaining land to what was then the municipality of Spenge.
Existing buildings
The mansion is the dominant building of the entire complex. It was built in the 16th century in the northeast corner of the former main castle, which was surrounded by a moat, on an oak foundation. It was probably extensively rebuilt in 1717 and received the baroque appearance that has been preserved to this day. The heavily dilapidated building was restored between 2008 and 2014 and now houses the Werburg Museum.
The gatehouse was built in 1596 in the Weser Renaissance style. The diverse building decorations and the well-preserved coats of arms of those of Ledebur and Ketteler are remarkable. At the front of the building there is still the original poplar door from the 16th century. During the renovation of the gatehouse in 2005/2006, subsequent fixtures were partially removed.
The half-timbered barn from the 19th century was repaired in the 1980s. Further renovations were carried out in 2001 and 2018/2019.
Previous buildings and archaeological finds
From 1995 to 2011, several archaeological investigations on the Werburg site led to important clues about the original development of the complex and about the life of the castle residents. The remains of a previous building from the 15th century were found under the manor house. In other excavation areas, further building remains, the foundations of a castle wall and the foundation walls of a massive U-shaped bastion were found.
To the south of the rectangular main castle island measuring 65 × 39 meters, a bailey with an extensive economic area was built at the end of the 16th century. The well-fortified large barn built in 1625, the so-called. "Große Vorwerk" had to give way to road construction in the 1960s.
In addition to the remains of the earlier buildings, the archaeologists recovered numerous finds of everyday objects from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Fragments of ceramic vessels, stove tiles, glasses and bottles, remains of shoes, wooden objects and slaughterhouse waste allow conclusions to be drawn about living conditions and eating habits.
The most spectacular find was an ammunition supply from the turn of the 15th to the 16th century, consisting of 50 stone and 4 iron cannonballs of different calibers and approx. 1,600 crossbow bolts.
Todays use
The manor house is now used as a children's and family museum. Based on the finds, it shows life on a small aristocratic castle in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
The gatehouse was already used by the city of Spenge as a wedding room for the local registry office before it was renovated in 2005/2006. After the renovation was completed, the city's archive also moved there. The space of the former gate passage is used for cultural events.
The half-timbered barn is available as a multifunctional space for city events, for museum education and for special exhibitions.
literature
- August Wehrenbrecht: The Werburg - From 500 years of its history , Verlag für Druckgrafik, Bielefeld 1994. ISBN 3-923830-24-6
- Werner Best: Crossbow bolts and cannon balls. The excavations in the Werburg Spenge. In: Archeology in Westphalia-Lippe 2009 (2010), pp. 139–141. ISBN 978-3-941171-42-8
- Werner Best: The Werburg Museum Spenge - experience, discover, understand. Spenge 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053299-3 (museum guide).
- Werner Best, Martin Büchner: Marble, stone work and an ammunition depot. The 2008 and 2009 excavations in the Werburg in Spenge. In: Historical yearbook for the Herford district 2011, pp. 108–124.
- Werner Best and Roland Pieper: Werburg Spenge ( Westfälische Kunststätten , issue 124), Münster 2019
- Press release of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe from July 11, 2012: Werburg in Spenge reveals the last secret: LWL archaeologists find a rare pilgrim sign at the end of the 17-year-old excavation
See also
Web links
- Entry for House Werburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- House Werburg on the page Burgen-und-Schloesser.net
- Web presence of the association "Werburg Spenge ev" with further information and pictures about the Werburg Spenge