Rittergut Bettensen
The Bettensen manor is located in the Ihme-Roloven district of the city of Ronnenberg within the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . The complex, which presumably already existed in the 12th century, was first mentioned in 1439. The manor has been owned by the Barons von Münchhausen since 1765 . The existing building stock, which is now a listed building, dates from the first half of the 18th century.
history
In 1437 the manor was mentioned in a feudal letter from Duke Bernhard II as Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg , who was also a feudal lender. Later lenders of the estate were the Counts of Hallermund , the Counts of Wunstorf, the Bishops of Minden and the Dukes of Braunschweig and the Princes of Calenberg .
The estate, which was previously run as a saddle farm , has had different owners over the course of history. These included the von Hahnensee, von Steding, von Grapendorf and von Grote families.
In 1712 Otto Grote's five sons were enfeoffed with the Bettensen estate. From 1730 Heinrich Grote zu Schauen was the only remaining son to be a fief. In 1753 Georg Grote followed to Wrestedt . After the last von Grote auf Bettensen had died in 1764 without descendants, the estate came to Friedrich Otto von Münchhausen as a fiefdom , based on a "General Fief Exspektanz " which his father Philipp Adolph von Münchhausen, who died in 1762, had received in 1749 was. From that time it is reported that "probably the most famous Münchhausen offspring, Carl Friedrich Hieronymus", known from the stories about the baron of lies , liked to visit Gut Bettensen on his way from Bodenwerder "to the royal court in Hanover" to see his relatives visit. Records of his visits were unfortunately lost some time ago. In 1797 the estate of Friedrich Otto von Münchhausen passed to his nephew Philipp Adolph Friedrich, master of Steinburg , as heir.
description
The Bettensen manor is surrounded by a moat, which is fed by the river Ihme . There are two large bodies of water at the farm that served as ponds for fish farming. A long avenue of fruit trees leads from the estate to the former plantation, also known as the Bettenser Garden , on the Bettenser Berg . A hunting lodge was built there in 1794, which later serves as a restaurant and today as a residential building.
At the time of the von Grote family, the existing building stock was built between 1715 and 1750. This includes the manor house , which is now called the winter house . The buildings that existed before 1715 were demolished by 1800.
In 1733 the summer house was built as a courtly baroque version of a garden house. The name derives from the fact that it was used for summer festivals and for representation purposes. The new barn was built in 1750. The only farm building is a half-timbered drive-through barn. The gate and shepherd's house was replaced by a new building in 1952. Since the 1990s, the estate has been gradually renovated.
The inhabited property can only be viewed at events or at the Open Monument Day .
literature
- The manors of the principalities of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen. Description, history, legal relationships and 121 illustrations. Published by Gustav Stölting-Eimbeckhausen and Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen-Moringen at the decision of the knighthood and with the participation of the individual owners. Hannover, 1912, pp. 14-16.
- Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, district of Hanover, Volume 13.1, edited by Hans-Herbert Möller , edited by Henner Hannig, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1988, ISBN 3-528-06207-X , pp. 245–246 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Hertel et al. a. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City, Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , p. 28.
- ↑ Peter Hertel et al. a. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City, Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , p. 73 f.
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 56.9 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 48.5 ″ E