Niesen Castle
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history
In 1262 a knight Johann from the noble family von Nyhusen was mentioned for the first time as a witness in Gehrden . So there must have been a corresponding “New House” in the area at the time. Another mention was made around 1300. At the time, Niehausen was a moated castle with a defense tower . In 1330 the family ruled the surrounding villages as feudal bearers of the Neuenheerse monastery . After 1515, the villages of Luthadessen, Mengersen, Rottersen, Swerdessen and Wippelfört, which belonged to the office of Niesen, were destroyed by war.
The family seat of the von Nyhusen family was rebuilt as a moated castle between 1555 and 1558 . Today's village of Niesen was built nearby in the 16th century. In 1674 a castle chapel was built. From 1703 to 1704 the castle was rebuilt as a baroque mansion.
With the death of the childless canon Georg von Niehausen from Paderborn on April 8, 1719, the male line of the von Niehausen family died out. Georg's nephew, Domkapitular Engelhardt von Bocholtz from Störmede , became heir , which means that the castle was owned by the von Bocholtz family from 1728 to 1911 . In the first half of the 19th century, she had the remains of the medieval and early modern castle demolished and instead created a landscape park with ponds, springs, waterfalls, grottos and some bridges. In addition, further farm buildings were built to the west of the manor house, which form a small courtyard.
In 1912 the castle came to the barons of Vittinghoff-Schell . In 1951 the main building burned down and was rebuilt downsized in the style of the 1950s. Since 1964 the castle has been inhabited and managed by the Barons von Elverfeldt .
architecture
The baroque mansion today consists of a single-storey, symmetrically designed structure with a total of eleven window axes . The central projection is completed by a triangular gable. The central, richly decorated baroque portal is accessed by a two-flight flight of stairs and is framed by a window on the left and right. On the garden side there are two four-axis, short side wings that enclose a terrace and a balcony above.
The approximately 3 hectare landscape park with old trees and ponds has largely been preserved.
literature
- Anna Bálint: Castles, palaces and historical aristocratic residences in the Höxter district. District of Höxter (Ed.) 2002
Web links
- Entry on Niesen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- burgen-und-schloesser.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Vogt: Ortschronik up to 1953.
- ↑ Document December 13, 1330, archive of the Association for History and Archeology of Westphalia, Department Paderborn e. V.
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 '24.8 " N , 9 ° 7' 37.5" E