Neuhaus Castle (Steinkirchen)
Schloss Neuhaus is the name of the manor house on Gut Neuhaus in the Steinkirchen district of Lübben . It is a listed building and serves as the seat of the Dahme-Spreewald district music school.
architecture
The building was erected in 1801 as a single-storey plastered building in the Biedermeier style on the site of a previous building and stands on a high base. The facade is divided into a central buttress and side projections. There is a portico to the garden side and a balcony to the driveway to the courtyard side. The house stands on a small hill and is surrounded by gardens. The architect is unknown. Possibly it was a student of Friedrich Gilly .
The interior is classicistic . The central octagonal dome hall, which runs through all floors and is closed off by a light dome, is remarkable .
history
The poet and reformer Christoph Ernst von Houwald lived and worked from 1822 to 1845 in Neuhaus Castle, which he acquired on June 2, 1822 for 9,000 thalers . A plaque on the house commemorates him. During this time, Neuhaus Castle developed into a meeting place for well-known personalities. Bettina and Achim von Arnim , Emanuel Geibel , Adelbert von Chamisso , Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , Ludwig Tieck , Franz Grillparzer , Julius Eduard Hitzig and the brothers Christian Jakob and Karl Wilhelm Salice-Contessa were among the guests of the house. The latter, a friend of Houwald's, lived in the castle from 1821 to 1824. Christoph Ernst von Houwald was buried at the nearby Steinkirchen village church . Houwald's widow, Auguste von Houwald, sold the property to the nephew and district administrator Karl von Houwald in 1845 . After his death in 1883, his widow Veronica von Houwald lived in the manor house until 1913. It was then acquired by Franz von Poncet, who fell in the First World War in 1914 . The Neuhaus went to the stalls of the Margraviate of Niederlausitz , which leased it. In 1931 Albrecht and Helene von Houwald leased the house. The future German diplomat Götz von Houwald (1913–2001) lived in Neuhaus Castle for some time in his youth.
After the Second World War , homeless Lübben residents and refugees were housed in the building. The house is also said to have partially served as a children's home. Around 1960 the school was converted into a school after-school care center in Steinkirchen, and two classrooms were also set up. The substance of the building had deteriorated considerably, so that it was empty from 1986. The planned demolition did not take place because VEB Bau Lübben did not have any free capacities.
After the political change in 1989 , the first security measures were carried out in 1990. The roof structure on the north side was braced, as a collapse was to be feared, and the foundation wall was drained. Extensive renovation and renovation work took place up to 1994. After the roof structure had been completely renewed, a topping-out ceremony was held on December 11, 1992 . The red and blue halls that existed during Ernst von Houwald's lifetime and the dome hall were restored. As early as Christmas 1993, the music school's first concert took place in the dome hall. The official inauguration of the Neuhaus was not until December 20, 1996, when Götz von Houwald also took part. An outbuilding for garages and other rooms for tenants was built later. The garden was traced back to its appearance in the 19th century.
Today there is a permanent exhibition about Houwald's circle of poets in a Houwald memorial room . The Albrecht and Helene von Houwald Music Prize is also regularly awarded here. In addition to the district music school, the building is also used by a regional office of the Spreewaldverein and two apartments. Neuhaus Castle is also a regular venue for concerts and exhibitions.
literature
- Gerhard Vinken , Jens Eschrich et al. (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03054-9 , p. 627.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jo Lüdemann: Spreewald . Green heart publisher, Ilmenau 2008, ISBN 978-3-929993-92-9 , p. 62 f.
Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 40.8 " N , 13 ° 53 ′ 32.3" E
