Lübben Castle

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Lübben Castle, east side
Lübben Castle with (from left) Marstall, tower and Oberamtshaus

The castle Luebben is the medieval returning castle in Lübben in Brandenburg .

location

The palace complex is located on the southern edge of Lübben's old town. The Spreewald extends south of the castle . Separated from the castle itself by a river, there is the castle island designed into a public park .

history

The castle was built on the site of a moated castle built in the 12th century . The complex that exists today was probably built in the late Middle Ages. The tower is likely to be the oldest building. The first renovation of the castle took place in 1561. A major renovation was initiated under Duke Christian I of Saxony-Merseburg . During this time, the still existing stables and the counterpart on the east side, which was destroyed in the Second World War , were built. In the years 1899 and 1914 to 1917, a historical repair was carried out under the direction of Adolf Zeller , to which the current appearance of the facility goes back. During the fierce fighting around Lübben in April 1945 at the end of the Second World War, the facility suffered major damage.

building

tower

Tower with portal, seen from the north side

The tower, which dates back to the late Middle Ages, has an almost square floor plan and is 2.50 m thick. In 1686 renovations took place. The tower, which originally served as a defensive tower, was given arched windows and corner rustics as well as a half-timbered floor as an apartment for the duke. This floor was demolished in 1914-15 and a Mansard - hipped roof put on. In 1945 the tower was damaged during acts of war. A restoration took place in 1982. The interior painting from 1914 to 1917 was restored and the facade plastered. The northern portal to the tower was also renewed this year. At the entrance is a relief created by Hermann Engelhardt in 1914/15 , which thematizes the change of Lusatia from Saxony to Prussia .

A vault from the middle of the 17th century has been preserved on the ground floor. The two upper floors of the tower are occupied by the coat of arms hall. This room, which was originally intended as a tribute hall, has been deprived of its original function when the country house or estate house was built in 1717 . The circumferential gallery, which is open to the west, was built during the renovations in 1914. The coats of arms of the Lower Lusatian estates were placed below the gallery . The inside of the western wall is adorned with a large history painting created by August Oetken in 1917 , which depicts the city of Lübben's homage to Elector Friedrich II in 1488.

In 2010, the renovation of the tower, completed in 2009, was awarded the negative “ concrete head ” prize for disregarding the legally required accessibility .

Oberamtshaus

South side of the upper office with balcony

South of the tower, the striking, three-story, brick- built Oberamtshaus was built between 1679 and 1682 . The plastered building with a gable roof served as the seat of the government of Niederlausitz. Initially, the Oberamtshaus had seven transverse and three longitudinal axes. During the renovation in 1899, three axes were added to the west. On the east side there is a tail gable in the style of the late Renaissance . The two upper floors of the gable side are divided by Corinthian columns. The surfaces are decorated with stucco ornaments, the cornices cranked. The windows are rectangular and by rich stucco decorated window surrounds deducted from the otherwise smooth wall.

On the northern side there is a splendid, flat arch portal with seating niches. The portal is framed by an aedicula resting on Ionic double columns . The coat of arms of Niederlausitz, dated 1682, can be seen in the gable.

The balcony with balustrade on the south side dates from 1899. An extension was built on the west side, the style of which was modeled on the late Renaissance so that it fits into the ensemble. There is a covered passage from the upper office building to the tower, created in 1914/15.

Fundamental renovation work took place inside the building. However, some beamed ceilings have been preserved.

Stables

The royal stables with a half-hip roof

The Marstall was built in 1669 as a two-storey, long, plastered building. The roof is designed as a hipped roof . A restoration took place after 1980. Today the building is used as a tourist information office.

Todays use

The city ​​and regional museum , which opened on June 1, 2001, and a café are housed in the castle . An originally small city museum had been closed in the 1960s. The museum's themes are the prehistory and early history of the region. A replica of the Burger cult car is exhibited, the original of which dates from the 10th to 8th centuries before the beginning of the era. Coin finds from Straupitz and Schlepzig are also shown. The person of the church poet Paul Gerhardt , who works in Lübben, is just as much a topic as the city history of Lübben up to the present day. Interesting exhibits are also part of a stick dam excavated during construction work in Lübben , a sledge used for executions and an approximately two-meter-long sword .

literature

Web links

Commons : Lübben Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

credentials

  1. ^ General Handicapped Association of the State of Brandenburg eV: Brandenburgischer Betonkopf 2010 - Laudatio Schlossturm Lübben , accessed on February 4, 2014

Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 24.3 "  N , 13 ° 53 ′ 56.5"  E