Lenhausen Castle
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The Lenhausen Castle is a listed moated castle in Westphalia Road 9 in the district Lenhausen of Finnentrop in Olpe ( Nordrhein-Westfalen ).
History and architecture
Lenhausen was first mentioned in 1285 as the seat of a noble family and has been the ancestral seat of the von Plettenberg-Lenhausen family since 1457 until today . The building history is largely unclear, the medieval core building was expanded and expanded in the second half of the 17th century.
Surrounded by a moat , the three-storey quarry stone building with three towers and a bailey stands above an irregular floor plan. The designation 1664 can be found on the coats of arms and wall anchors. In the years 1672 to 1673 and 1874 extensive renovation work was carried out after a long period of vacancy. The staircase wing was added in 1927. A complete renovation was carried out from 1974 to 1981. The two-wing farm building on the outer bailey is labeled 1677 and 1880. The reindeer house with loopholes and renewed stepped gables made of bricks is covered with a half- hip roof. The core of the building probably dates from the 17th or 18th century. The altar marked 1678 with a carved retable in the castle chapel is remarkable .
literature
- Ursula Quednau (Red.): Dehio manual of German art monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia II, Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , S. #.
Web links
- Entry on Lenhausen Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ N , 7 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ E