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Baum Castle, seen from the south

The former hunting lodge Baum is a small castle near Bückeburg . It is on the road to Lahde in the Schaumburg Forest and is still owned by the Schaumburg-Lippe family today .

history

Baum Castle was built in 1760/1761 on behalf of Count Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe . The basement of the previous building was used. Its dimensions of 8 by 21 meters determined the area. The building is a creation of late baroque classicism . An English landscape garden with a small pond is attached to the castle . Behind it there is a grotto, which is surrounded by two portals . These early baroque portals were erected in 1758 and probably created between 1604 and 1606 for the ground floor hall in Bückeburg Castle .

Mausoleum of Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe near Baum Castle

In 1776, Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe had a pyramid-shaped family mausoleum built in a park near the castle, the surfaces of which are structured in steps. Its entrance is an east-facing portal in the shape of a portico . Ornamental plants were originally placed on the steps of the pyramid. The mausoleum used to be in a landscaped garden area with hedges, which later developed into a forest-like park with avenues.

The castle owes its name to a barrier on which customs law was asserted not far from the border of the small principality .

Today the castle serves as a conference and leisure facility for the Protestant youth of the Schaumburg-Lippe regional church , and is an educational facility for seminars, educational events, vacation and weekend camps. In the castle itself there is a dining room, a common room, the kitchen and sleeping facilities on the upper floor. An annex, built later, provides additional sleeping space for up to 40 guests.

literature

  • BAUM City of Bückeburg. Jagdschloß, now ev. Youth home. In: Georg Dehio : Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , page 199 f.
  • Rainer Schomann (Ed.), Urs Boeck : Garten des Schlößchen Baum in: Historical Gardens in Lower Saxony, catalog for the state exhibition, opening on June 9, 2000 in the foyer of the Lower Saxony state parliament in Hanover . Hannover, 2000, pp. 118-119.

Web links

Commons : Jagdschloss Baum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Brinkmann: Schloss Baum, scene of a family tragedy , in: Land und Forst from January 3, 2003, p. 1
  2. ^ Sascha Winter: Gravestone culture and garden art around 1800. In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel (ed.): Grabkultur in Deutschland: Geschichte der Grabmäler . Berlin: Reimer, 2009; ISBN 978-3-496-02824-6 ; Pp. 50-51

Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  N , 9 ° 3 ′ 8 ″  E