Körtlinghausen Castle

Aerial view (2014)

Körtlinghausen Castle (2012)

The Castle Körtlinghausen located in the Sauerland at the Glenne between Rüthen and Warstein in the district of Soest . The baroque moated castle was built in the Glennetal northwest of Kallenhardt (a district of the city of Rüthen). Germany's largest and most powerful oak stood in Körtlinghausen . It was about 1100 years old, was 22 m high and had a trunk circumference of 12.4 m (just above the ground).

history

Körtlinghausen Castle (around 1860)

There was a stone castle with a moat on the site. The complex was owned by the von Schorlemer and von Rüdenberg families in the 14th century . In 1398 Schorlemer's share came to that of Lürwald . After the Rüdenbergs were temporarily the sole owners, the von Lürwald family acquired the house and property in 1447. A few years later they sold it to the von Hanxleden . In 1614 Körtlinghausen came to the von Westrem . From 1645 to 1819 it was owned by the von Weichs family .

The castle was built in 1714 by chief hunter Freiherr Franz Otto von und zu Weichs according to the plans of Justus Wehmer . In 1830, the Barons von Fürstenberg became the owners of Körtlinghausen Castle, which is still the case today. After 1945 it was used as a refugee home. From 1956 to 1994 a school of the Federal Association for Self-Protection was housed in the castle . For the restoration and redevelopment of Körtlinghausen, which began in 1999, Dietger Freiherr von Fürstenberg was awarded the Prize for Monument Preservation in Westphalia-Lippe in 2004. The project was financed by the sale of the Stammheim Missal , an important Hildesheim manuscript from the 12th century, to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles .

Today Körtlinghausen Castle is rented out for festive events and conferences. Administration and agriculture are located in the northern front buildings.

The castle served as the location for the 2017 movie Happy Burnout .

Mansion

The palace complex includes the rectangular mansion with two side wings on the long side and the palace courtyard with cavalier buildings . The mansion in the pond stands on one of two islands. The windows of the simple, plastered building are framed in Rüthener green sandstone . From the with dormers tipped hipped four fireplaces stand out. Two short, pavilion-like projecting wings are attached to both long sides . There are gabled risalits on three sides of the building , the courtyard side being raised by a roof house. The two-armed outside staircase on the garden side, with a graceful arbor , is marked 1721. The alliance coat of arms of the von Weichs and von Droste zu Erwitte ( Füchten house ) is attached to the portal on the courtyard side . The master builder Justus Wehmer "avoids any stylistic exaggeration that tends to exist in the Baroque. Even the [otherwise] often elaborate portal design remains cautious. An exemplary classic facade design in calm proportions characterizes the palace without appearing monotonous." Writes Ulrich Grun. Many well-known builders and artists were hired to build and equip the castle. Including several from nearby Rüthen , "which became an Eldorado for stonemasons and sculptors in the building boom after the Thirty Years' War due to the sandstone quarries". One example is the stone carver Bartolomeo Rabaliatti (father of Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti ): He immigrated from the Ferrara area in 1703 . Among other things, he received orders for the construction of the palaces in Erpernburg (near Brenken ) and Körtlinghausen.

Mansion courtyard side

Interior

The two-part staircase is brought together halfway up. On the garden side, on the upper floor, there is a ballroom with ceiling paintings and rich stucco . The coats of arms of the builder and his three wives are attached to each corner.

Castle chapel

The castle chapel is St. Consecrated to Mary Magdalene . Entrances are on both floors of the manor house. A painting of the chapel saints can be seen on the geometrically stuccoed ceiling. It was probably painted in the period before 1727. The altar was built after 1739. The main piece of equipment in the chapel is the manorial box .

Other structures

Distant view

The two outbuildings based on a design by Nagel are based heavily on Wehmer's buildings. The western one with the alliance coat of arms of Weichs and Westrem is marked with 1731, the eastern one with the alliance coat of arms of Weichs and von Galen is marked with 1743. The remise attached to the south was crowned with a bell tower. A torrisalite protrudes in the middle of the three-winged economy . The gatehouse from 1736 stands on the west wing ; it was extended in 1850. The terrace garden with a parabolic floor plan is accessed via a drawbridge.

literature

Klaus G. Püttmann: The baroque palace buildings of Justus Wehmers in Westphalia. On conditions and paths in architectural reception. ( Preservation of monuments and research in Westphalia, Vol. 13). Habelt, Bonn 1986, ISBN 3-7749-2284-5 , pp. 40-52.
Ulrich Grun : Xerxes von Westrem and the Körtlinghausen Castle , in: Soest District (ed.), Calendar of the Soest District , Soest 2009, ZDB -ID 619151-4 , pp. 41–46

Web links

Commons : Schloss Körtlinghausen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Meyers Konversationslexikon: Tree. Fourth Edition, 1885-1892, Volume 2, p. 508. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
^ Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and the Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 41 ff .
^ Eberhard Grunsky: Westfälischer Preis für Denkmalpflege 2004. In: Denkmalpflege in Westfalen-Lippe , 11th year 2005, issue 1 (online as a PDF document) , p. 35.
^ Armin Obalski: Happy Burnout in Schloss Körtlinghausen . ( derwesten.de [accessed on April 26, 2017]).
↑ ^a ^b Ursula Quednau (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 944 f.
^ Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 42 .
^ Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and the Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 43 .
^ Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and the Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 43 .

51.461522222222 8.4104Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 41.5 " N , 8 ° 24 ′ 37.4" E

[1] Meyers Konversationslexikon: Tree. Fourth Edition, 1885-1892, Volume 2, p. 508. Retrieved January 2, 2013.

[2] Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and the Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 41 ff .

[3] Eberhard Grunsky: Westfälischer Preis für Denkmalpflege 2004. In: Denkmalpflege in Westfalen-Lippe , 11th year 2005, issue 1 (online as a PDF document) , p. 35.

[4] Armin Obalski: Happy Burnout in Schloss Körtlinghausen . ( derwesten.de [accessed on April 26, 2017]).

[Dehio-5] Ursula Quednau (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 944 f.

[6] Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 42 .

[7] Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and the Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 43 .

[8] Ulrich Grun: Xerxes von Westrem and the Körtlinghausen Castle . In: District of Soest (ed.): Calendar of the district of Soest . Soest 2009, p. 43 .