Gieboldehausen Castle
The Castle Gieboldehausen was build in the 16th century castle in Gieboldehausen in Untereichsfeld in southern Lower Saxony .
location
Gieboldehausen is located in the northern part of the Golden Mark at the confluence of the Hahle and Rhume rivers , which delimit the location in the southwest, west and north. The castle-like complex is located on the southern edge of the historic center of Gieboldehausen in the Hahlen lowlands at an altitude of almost 150 meters.
history
The castle in Gieboldehausen arose from a former Burgmann's seat of Castle Gieboldehausen , called "House on the Wall". Several castle men were responsible for securing the castle and office, but they did not live in the castle, but had their own castle mansion. Up to eight Burgmann's seats are known, which were laid out around the village in such a way that they formed a defense system together with the historic village fortifications made of ramparts and moats.
A small medieval castle complex with a square tower, which was surrounded by a moat, is assumed to be the predecessor. From when the lords of Minnigerode were employed as castle men in Gieboldehausen is not exactly known, in 1410 a Hans von Minnigerode was already mentioned. In 1502 Hans von Minnigerode the Younger acquired the Burgmann's seat on the Wall from a Hans von Brudenhusen. From around 1520 he rebuilt the castle seat and built two half-timbered floors on the stone foundation walls. From 1521 to 1532 Hans von Minnigerode was bailiff of the office of Gieboldehausen .
Today's castle was then the manor house of a larger estate, the necessary farm buildings (stables and barns) were right next to it. The castle seat included numerous farms and lands in Gieboldehausen as well as surrounding villages with their tithe and income, a mill and hunting justice.
In 1970 the entrance to the courtyard and the outbuildings were demolished, and the von Minnigerode family finally sold the castle to the community of Gieboldehausen in 1986. They renovated the building from 1988 to 1918, and today it is where the Gieboldehausen registry office is located.
Park
To the southeast of the castle between the Hahle and its tributary Suhle , Hilmar von Minnigerode created a park with a small pond for his wife from 1873 onwards. He planted rare trees such as black pines, false cypresses and a ginkgo tree. The park was initially fenced in and not open to the public. Today the castle and the adjoining park serve residents and visitors as a place of recreation and leisure. A playground has been set up for children.
literature
- Josef Koch: The old castles and palaces in Gieboldehausen. In: Heimatland: illustrated home pages for the southern foothills of the Harz, the Eichsfeldes and the adjacent areas. 1/1911 (pp. 1–2) and 2/1911 (pp. 9–11)
- Ulrich Lottmann: Explore the castle and park in the middle of the village. in: Göttinger Tageblatt, August 14, 2011 2011
- Gerd Weiß (arr.): Bremen Lower Saxony. Georg Dehio Handbook of German Art Monuments. Munich 1992
Web links
- Gieboldehausen Castle on the Flecken Gieboldehausen website
- Gieboldehausen Castle pdf
- Entry on Schloss Gieboldehausen in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Wolf: Memories of the market town Gieboldehausen in the Harz department, District Duderstadt. Göttingen 1813, VIII. (Pp. 19-20)
Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 33.8 " N , 10 ° 12 ′ 49.4" E