Little Castle (Blankenburg)
The Small Castle is a listed castle in the town of Blankenburg (Harz) in Saxony-Anhalt . It houses the municipal museum on the Schnappelberg . In addition, there is a tourist information office and the Harzer Wanderadel project office .
location
It is located at Schnappelberg 6 in the southeast of Blankenburg, to the east at the foot of the Burgberg. The Blankenburg Palace Gardens extend to the south . The atonement cross is in front of the north side of the house .
Architecture and history
In 1725, the Prince of Blankenburg Ludwig Rudolf von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel had a half-timbered building built for his wife Christine Luise , which was initially called the Orange House or Princely Garden House . The building was expanded and after the death of her husband Christine Luise lived there until her own death. From 1765 the dilapidated house was renovated over seven years and converted into a massive building made of sandstone blocks . The design was in the Rococo style . The two-and-a-half-story facade facing the street was kept simple and strict. There are three risalites , which are crowned with curved gables. The side projections are four-axis and therefore wider than the central projection. The house is covered with a hipped roof . In the 1790s, elongated, boarded annexes were added to the east and west, which originally housed a chapel, greenhouse and stables. Due to the natural slope of the terrain, the house has different storey heights, so that the building on the garden side is only one and a half story high.
From 1914 to 1918 the house served as one of the residences of the family of Ernst August von Braunschweig and Lüneburg . In 1917 his wife Viktoria Luise von Prussia gave birth to their daughter Friederike von Hannover , who later became Queen of Greece .
In the local register of monuments , the castle is listed as a historical building under registration number 094 00663 .
literature
- Ute Bednarz in Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg District , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 113 f.
- Blankenburg (Harz) cultural monuments. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2012, ISBN 978-3-936185-04-1 , p. 45 f.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 1696
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 18.4 " N , 10 ° 57 ′ 35.1" E