Heiligenstedten Castle
The Castle Heiligenstedten in Heiligenstedten at Itzehoe in Schleswig-Holstein is the center of a former nobleman good . Although actually a mansion according to this definition , the name of a castle has been used for some time in the general public . The building is based on a fortified manor house from the 16th century in the Stör area .
Heiligenstedten Castle
The lands around the castle belonged to the von Krummendiek family in the late Middle Ages. In the 16th century the property went to the Rantzaus , who already resided in the nearby Breitenburg , and shortly afterwards to the Ahlefeldt family , who like the Rantzaus belonged to the Equites Originarii of the country. In 1583, Balthasar von Ahlefeldt had the first mansion built in the Renaissance style by the master builder Franz von Roncha . In 1691 the estate went to the Blome family , who owned it until 1926.
In 1717 a new mansion was built, which was badly damaged in a storm surge in 1756. From 1769 Otto von Blome (1735–1803) had another new building built in the late Baroque style. This building still forms the core of the house today, which was remodeled from 1851 to 1853 in an almost neo-Gothic style. The old floor plan was largely retained and the changes were mainly made to the facades.
The castle, which is located on a rectangular island on a disturbance loop, once belonged to an English-style landscape park. Today, however, after the dike was widened, this has largely merged into the surrounding landscape. Another area of the park was sacrificed to a large riding arena. In front of the main facade with the rest of the gardens are various outbuildings that once served as a farmhouse and orangery .
A listed obelisk is located at the end of Schlossstrasse and at the southern end of the castle park in Heiligenstedten. The obelisk at the inner dike foot of the Stör was erected in 1796 by Otto Blome I (1735–1803) in memory of his brother Wulf Blome (1728–1784) who died in 1784. The obelisk, which is around twelve meters high, consists of a large number of blocks. A dog adorns this sculpture. The meaning of this animal is obscure. Erwin Papke writes about this: “Because of the now weathered dog image, the legend of a dog that is said to have saved the life of the master was formed. This is not the case, however, because the inscription, which is no longer legible, was intended to remind of Wulf Blome (1728–1784) from Rantzau ”.
Heiligenstedten Castle in the 20th century
In 1926 the Blome family sold the property to the state of Schleswig-Holstein. The furniture and the library of the castle were auctioned and some of them ended up in the Husum castle . Until 1939 the house served as a home for difficult-to-educate young people. At the beginning of the Second World War it was temporarily converted into a military hospital, but during the war it was again used as a reformatory. After the end of the war, like many of the other country castles in Schleswig-Holstein, it took in refugees from the eastern German territories . From 1958 it served as a retirement home and retained this function until the home was closed in 1987.
After the storm surge in 1962 , almost all the dykes in the Heiligenstedten sturgeon dyke were closed and filled; the sewer for the castle moat, however, was replaced by a cast-iron sewer with a slide.
In 1988 the castle was occupied. The resulting association was temporarily given part of the site to use. A private investor became aware of the site through the press, to which the state of Schleswig-Holstein, through the then finance minister of the state, Heide Simonis, sold the castle for a symbolic price of DM 10,000.
The castle was sold to another investor soon afterwards and an extensive gastronomic concept was developed. The manor house was completely renovated by 1994 and converted into a castle hotel. Various restaurants were set up in the outbuildings and a training center for sport horses was to serve as a further attraction. However, the project failed, among other things, because of differences of opinion between the operators and the municipality of Heiligenstedten, but also because the expected number of visitors did not materialize. A new buyer is currently being sought for the over-indebted facility. The castle is legally privately owned and is not open to visitors.
Owner of Heiligenstedten Castle
| Period | owner |
|---|---|
| 15th century | Burchard Krummendiek |
| 1515 | Burchard's widow Katharina Krummendiek |
| 1523 | Katharina's daughter Heilwig, married to Christoph von Ahlefeldt. |
| 1579 | Balthasar von Ahlefeldt (1559–1626), married to a daughter of Heinrich Rantzau, who had a new castle built by the Italian master builder Franz von Rocha in the year of his wedding in 1583. |
| 1639 | Widow of Detlev von Rantzau, nobility Benedicta Rantzau, b. Blome. |
| 1647 | Benedict von Ahlefeldt |
| 1651 | Heinrich von Ahlefeldt |
| 1647 | Detlev von Ahlefeldt |
| 1691 | Major General Otto Rantzau zu Putlos |
| 1697 | Widow of Otto Rantzau, nobility Benedicta Rantzau, b. Blome († 1739). |
| 1717 | New mansion |
| 1741 | Great-nephew Christopher Blome (1691–1743) bought the castle from the bankruptcy estate. |
| 1754 | Son of Christopher Blome, Otto Blome I (1735–1803) |
| 1756 | Affected by storm surge |
| 1769 | New building with two identical houses for apartments and stables by the architect Henri Jardin. |
| 1803 | Nephew of Otto Blome I, the first liege count (from 1819) Otto Blome II (1770–1849) |
| 1849 | Nephew Baron Adolf Blome I (1798–1875) had the building erected in 1769 completely redesigned in a neo-Gothic style by the builder JE Mose in the years 1851–1853. One floor added, the sides of the main house extended. |
| 1875 | Son of Baron Otto Blome III (1831–1901) |
| 1901 | Son of Baron Adolf Blome II (1863–1937) |
| 1926 | Province of Schleswig-Holstein, used as a state education home |
| 1934 | State welfare home |
| 1935 | State school home |
| 1936-1939 | Home for the mentally handicapped |
| 1940 | Hospital afterwards state youth home |
| 1958-1987 | The castle and the servants' houses in front of it are used as a retirement and nursing home |
| 1989-1994 | Advertising designer and architecture fan Manfred Milz and his wife Ingrid renovate the castle, build a tournament hall, horse stalls and service apartments. |
literature
- The library of the Counts of Blome-Heiligenstedten: Auction (Volume 1): History (including many German chronicles and a Napoleon collection), cultural history, literature, geography, travel, archeology including important copper engravings from the 17th and 18th centuries: auction on February 25 and 26, 1927 (Catalog No. 25). Hamburg: Hans Götz bookstore 1927 ( digitized version )
- The library of the Counts of Blome-Heiligenstedten: Auction (Volume 2): In particular German chronicles, German and French literature and old illustrated travel books: May 1927 (Catalog No. 28). Hamburg: Hans Götz bookstore 1927 ( digitized version )
- Michael Kopischke: A neo-Gothic mansion in the Steinburg district. In: Heimatverband Kreis Steinburg (ed.): Steinburger Jahrbuch 1985 , Itzehoe 1984, pp. 60–63.
- Hans and Doris Maresch: Schleswig-Holstein's castles, manors and palaces . Husum Verlag, Husum 2006.
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1994.
- Gerald Henseler: The noble estate Heiligenstedten: Building history and building design , Independently published, March 2018, ISBN 978-1-980575-53-5 , ISBN 1-980575-53-3
- Publication by Mayor Gerfried Klitz (1926–2014): Our village should become more beautiful , issue 4, 1984 of the municipality of Heiligenstedten, pp. 40–42 and pp. 52–53.
- https://dewiki.de/Lexikon/Liste_der_Kulturdenkmale_in_Heiligenstedten
- Norddeutsche Rundschau December 27, 2019 Which animal adorned the obelisk in Heiligenstedten?
Web links
- Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt from 07/2004 on the failed gastronomic usage concept at Heiligenstedten Castle
- Complete picture of the main facade on meinestadt.de
- Heiligenstedten Castle - The abandoned mansion on April 26, 2020 on ndr.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Papke: Heiligenstedten. A historical gem on the Stör . Ed .: Municipality of Heiligenstedten. 1995, p. 295 .
- ↑ Erwin Papke: Heiligenstedten. A historical gem on the Stör . Ed .: Municipality of Heiligenstedten. 1995, p. 463 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 55 ′ 48 ″ N , 9 ° 28 ′ 30 ″ E