Haldem Castle

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Haldem Castle
Garden of Haldem Castle

Haldem Castle is an old manor of the Minden bishops. It was built on the southern slope of the Stemweder mountain in the village of Haldem in today's municipality of Stemwede in the Minden-Lübbecke district .

history

The estate was first mentioned in 1236 when Bishop Konrad von Minden transferred the tithe of Haledum to the Levern monastery . The de Haledum brothers, knights of the county of Stemwede, owned Haldem in 1264. The Minden bishop Ludwig enfeoffed the knight Gerold von der Horst with the estates of Haldem and Rahden in 1328 . He should serve as a protector of the borders of the diocese. When the family of the Knights of Wede died out in 1400, Dietrich von der Horst inherited further goods in Haldem, as he was Johann von Wede's brother-in-law, and moved from Bersenbrück to Haldem Castle.

After the castle was completely destroyed in the Thirty Years War , Julius August von der Horst had the castle rebuilt from 1692 to 1703. The Finance Minister Friedrich the Great , Baron von der Horst, expanded the palace further in 1775. It remained in the possession of the von der Horst family until it was sold in 1830, before they retired to Hollwinkel Castle . The new owner was the Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich von dem Bussche-Ippenburg . Until 1890 the castle served as a women's monastery .

In 1910, Botho Freiherr von der Horst acquired the castle, which then came back into the possession of the von der Horst family. Botho was considered a great artist and lived in the palace park until his suicide on January 27, 1927. After his death, the property passed to Philipp August von Bethmann-Hollweg, a nephew of the Imperial Chancellor.

From 1936 to 1945, the regional leadership school of the Hitler Youth (Langemarck) was located here . After the Second World War, the castle was occupied by the British and from 1947 was used for a short time as a teacher training institute before it was subsequently occupied by an open-air school association until October 1, 1958.

Todays use

On January 20, 1959, a drinking sanctuary was opened on the grounds of the castle. The regional association Westphalia-Lippe was responsible for the project . Today the Westphalian Clinic Schloss Haldem is a penal institution for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts and mentally ill offenders. The placement takes place according to §§ 63, 64 StGB and § 126 StPO (remand detention). As part of their placement, the accommodated patients undergo an extensive therapy together with therapists and nurses in which they go through several relaxation stages. The aim is to rehabilitate the patient in due course. This is to be achieved through work and occupational therapy, sports and exercise therapy, and talk therapy. Due to this use, a tour of the palace and the clinic is only possible by prior appointment. In addition, “open days” (November) and “summer festivals” (on the second Sunday in June) take place at regular intervals.

Buildings and palace gardens

In its origins, the castle dates back to 1703 as a baroque building. Due to the many changes it has made to use, its appearance has changed significantly. Numerous clinic and farm buildings were built on the site after 1960. Modern green spaces have replaced the elements of the historic park.

Individual evidence

  1. Manfred Wolf: The manors in Haldem in the 16th and 17th centuries. In: Messages from the Minden History Society. Vol. 57, 1985, ISSN  0340-188X , pp. 27-67.

See also

Web links

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

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '19.9 "  N , 8 ° 22' 45.7"  E