Henningshof (hiking life)
The Henningshof is a medieval residential building in the center (Schulstrasse 19) of Wandersleben in the Thuringian district of Gotha . The Henningshof in a protected cultural monument. It belongs to a property on almost 4,000 m², formerly probably a four-sided courtyard .
history
During excavations in 1988 and 1989 in the course of the planning of residential buildings in the former courtyard of the property, a stool grave with a flint blade and fragments of a ceramic amphora (approx. 2400 to 2000 BC) was found in the middle of the property . Except for two mine houses from the 10th / 11th. In the 19th century, a well from the same period was also found, which was almost completely excavated.
The property served as one of the original seven manors or courtyards as the ministerial seat of the Count of Gleichen . Nothing is known about the previous buildings of today's main building.
The current building was built in 1595 using older parts of the wall. The associated gate was later dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere. The coat of arms stone with the “lioned leopard” of the Counts of Gleichen and the year 1597 can be seen today at the gate to the Wandersleben residential tower (Menantesstrasse 4). When the former outbuilding of the Henningshof was demolished in 1985, the coat of arms stone was recovered from the foundation wall. The lintel with the year 1605 bears the initials "CK", which have not yet been interpreted , and the "HG" in the coat of arms indicates the last Count Hans Ludwig von Gleichen († 1631).
A feudal deed from 1602 has been preserved for the Henningshof for Hans Christoph Schütz from the Count of Gleichen (presumably Philipp Ernst, the brother of Hans Ludwig). The farm remained in the possession of the Schütz family until the end of the 17th century, before it passed into the possession of the von Henning family.
After the death of Christian Friedrich von Henning, the fiefdom is divided between his four sons. Johann Christian (1692 to 1767) takes over the court after his return as lieutenant of the Free Republic of Venice . His tombstone still stands today on the south side of the Wandersleben church . From 1755 there is a document about the sale of a fourth part of the court of Carl Wilhelm G. von Henning to Lieutenant Colonel Christian Friedrich von Henning. Colonel Christian Wilhelm Sigismund von Henning (* 1748), son of Governor August Wilhelm von Henning, was wounded in 1809 in the battle against Andreas Hofer in Brixen in Tyrol and died of the consequences of abuse when captured. Ernst v. H. also had the Henningsgarten laid out on the northern slope of the Kallenberg, not far from Freudenthal near Gleichen Castle .
From a file on the sale of the property from 1835 to the Duchy of Gotha ( Duke of Saxony Coburg and Gotha ) it emerges that the eastern farm building (on Mühlberger Straße) that is still preserved today dates from 1827. A file dated April 6, 1839, names "owners" from the house of those von Gleichen, who were probably only shareholders after the property had been sold to the duchy four years earlier:
- Royal captain Friedrich Ernst von Henning from Wandersleben
- Gustav von Henning, ducal Saxon cameraman and councilor and consistorial councilor
- in power of attorney for:
- Prof. Leopold Dorotheus von Henning from Berlin
- Carl Friedrich Otto von Henning from Ringleben
On January 21, 1845, the State Ministry again certified that the Henningshof had completely passed to the ruling Duke Ernst of Saxony Coburg and Gotha .
A “change note” from December 10, 1848, however, testifies that Captain Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Adolph von Henning transfers his ownership half to his son, the royal Prussian lieutenant of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, Otto von Henning. The ownership structure at that time was probably not always clearly understandable. The property was also called "Schützenhof" or "Oberhof".
On May 7, 1878, the widow of the Prussian Major General Otto von Henning auf Schönhoff (1813–1877), Emilie von Henning, née von Helmolt, sold the property to Duke Ernst for 120,000 marks. An underlying will also names the children Curt, Armegard, Melanie, Lucie and Victor Thilo Hans.
From 1899 the farm was owned by August Schmidt. From 1945 to 1994 the courtyard was under the authority of the local authority and became increasingly dilapidated. In 1995 the property was sold again to a private investor, who received the structure with public funds ( German Foundation for Monument Protection ) and at least partially restored it. Today the Henningshof is also in private hands. The building with courtyard and outbuildings is now - after extensive restoration work - used for conference purposes and exhibitions and can be visited.
Furnishing
In addition to early baroque stucco ceilings, the main building (picture) also contains a plank room with original painting, some of which has been restored or has been preserved. The building is completely renovated and habitable.
Web links
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- Restorer Angela Nitschke (1995): Abstract of the history of the "Henningshof"
- Stoll family, Dagmar Stoll (current owner)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documentation with drawings and photos are in the Thuringian State Office for Archaeological Monument Preservation in Weimar
- ↑ The documentation on this is in the Museum of Pre- and Early History Weimar.
- ↑ Gotha State Archives
- ↑ Rentverwaltung Wandersleben in the Gotha State Archives p. 18 Sign. 120
- ↑ Gotha State Archives: acta 1838–1848 p. 35
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 50 " N , 10 ° 50 ′ 57.6" E