Balgstädt Castle

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Balgstädt Castle with stair tower

The Balgstädt Castle , also surge Balgstädt called, is a Grade II listed building in the district Balgstädt in unstruttal in Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments , the castle is listed as an architectural monument under registration number 094 83526 . It has the address Am Schloß 20 .

history

The baroque moated castle was built in the 17th century after the previous structure was destroyed in 1397. It served as the seat of the lords of Balgstädt until the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone . The original wooden structure was created by Hans Friedrich Heßler. A renovation from 1744 by the owner Ernst Sperling gave the building its present appearance.

The two Vorwerke Toppendorf and Rödel belonged to the manor Balgstädt. In 1750 the mansion was converted into a hereditary knightly estate. The Balgstädt patrimonial court, which was located in the castle until it was dissolved in 1849, also included the villages of Großesnitz and towns.

In the 19th century, a park surrounded by a moat was built to the northwest.

Today the building houses the community office, a children's facility and the office of the leisure and tourism association Balgstädt eV

Ownership successes

  • from Neustadt (until 1570)
  • von Ebeleben (1570–1580)
  • von Barschwitz (1580–1584)
  • von Kreytzen (1584–1617)
  • by Heßler (1617–1731)
  • Schiecke / Schick (1731–1744)
  • (von) Sperling (1744–1945)

layout

A high hipped roof is decorated with dormers and on the main front there is a flat three-axis central projection. A square stair tower with an octagonal tower with a hood and lantern stands in the corner of the two wings of the building.

literature

  • Brachmann, Hansjürgen: The early medieval fortifications in Central Europe, Berlin 1993

Web links

Commons : Schloss Balgstädt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ a b Hans and Doris Maresch: Saxony-Anhalt's palaces, castles and mansions . Husum, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89876-776-7 , pp. 26 .
  3. ↑ Balgstädt moated castle. alleburgen.de, accessed on October 22, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 12'22.3 "  N , 11 ° 44'5.1"  E.