Chain castle

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Chain castle
City of Visselhövede
Coordinates: 52 ° 57 ′ 20 ″  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 23 ″  E
Height : 56 m above sea level NHN
Area : 12.5 km²
Residents : 285
Population density : 23 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 27374
Area code : 04262
Kettenburg (Lower Saxony)
Chain castle

Location of Kettenburg in Lower Saxony

Kettenburg is a district of the town of Visselhövede in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony . About 285 inhabitants live in the village on an area of ​​12.5 km².

geography

Kettenburg is located in the southern area of ​​the city of Visselhövede, 3 km south of the core town of Visselhövede. Griemen, Fahlbeck and Hilligensehl also belong to Kettenburg.

Neighboring towns are - clockwise from the north - Visselhövede (core town), Ottingen , Jarlingen , Ebbingen , Stellichte , Bleckwedel and Jeddingen .

history

In 1345, Kettenburg was built as a moated castle . It became the ancestral seat of the von der Kettenburg family . The encounter between Baron Kuno von der Kettenburg and Social Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler in Mainz in 1852 led to the conversion of the baron and his family to the Catholic faith. Kettenburg had its own pastor until 1867; this also administered the enclave of Soltau .

The castle with castle chapel in Kettenburg was built from 1875 to 1878. The castle chapel was named "Herz-Jesu-Kettenburg". In 1941 Clemens Echelmeyer , a pastor from Münster , was exiled by the National Socialists to Visselhövede . Here he held masses in the manor chapel in Kettenburg until 1949 and gathered the Catholic community around him in difficult times.

In 1960 the castle in Kettenburg was so dilapidated that it had to be demolished. In 1974 the heiress of the Kettenburg, Marina Countess Droste zu Vischering von Nesselrode-Reichenstein, born Freiin von der Kettenburg , died at Herrnstein Castle . In 1987 her husband, the Count, also died there.

Since the regional reform , which came into force on March 1, 1974, the previously independent municipality of Kettenburg, which until then belonged politically to the Fallingbostel district , has been one of 15 localities in the city of Visselhövede.

politics

The head of the village is Pamela Helmke.

Culture and sights

  • 4 km east of Kettenburg is the 275  ha large nature reserve Ottinger Ochsenmoor . 172.2 hectares of this are in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme).
  • In the 12th and 13th centuries, the forerunner of the chain castle consisted only of a tower that was built on an artificial hill. The hill of the predecessor of the Kettenburg castle from the 12th century is still there today and lies in the lowlands between the village and the Kettenburg estate.

Economy and Infrastructure

Kettenburg is far from the main traffic. The A 27 runs south 10 km away. Of Bomlitz about Visselhövede to Rotenburg (Wümme) leading B 440 runs 3 km north and the national road 171 of Visselhövede to Verden (Aller) likewise runs 3 km north. The country road  161 from Visselhövede to Walsrode leads through the village.

In Kettenburg there are no street names, only house numbers .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 245 .
  2. ↑ "Ottinger Ochsenmoor" nature reserve, re. Kettenburg (Visselhövede) (information from NLMKN)
  3. ↑ Landschaftsverband Stade, Section 4 - The castle hill near Kettenburg