Oberellen Castle

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Location of the manor and palace buildings in the local area of ​​Oberellen (1880)

The Oberellen Castle is a Renaissance castle and manor house of an associated farm that was in the district Oberellen the community Gerstungen in Wartburgkreis in Thuringia . The castle is located in the center of the village next to the church .

history

Partial view of the main building (2008)
Wappenstein from 1594 on the main building

In the 12th century, the village of Oberellen came into the possession of the Knights of Goldbach, whose ancestral home was west of Gotha in the village of the same name on the Nesse . Ownership of Elnde was ceded to Reinhardsbrunn Monastery in 1121 . A chapel, which had been in the village for a long time, was designated by the abbot to be the provost's office and the existing goods were merged into a farm yard of the monastery. With the secularization of the Thuringian monasteries, the property came to the imperial officer Conrad von Hanstein († 1553) in 1543 . With him the Eichsfeld noble family von Hanstein took over the village as court lords and liege lords. The castle, built from 1594 by a branch of the von Hanstein family, was built on the foundations of the farmyard and was inhabited by Lippold von Hanstein from 1604 . Coats of arms from the early 17th century were attached to the portals of the main house, reminding of members of the Oberell branch of the Hansteins. After this line died out in 1722, Oberellen came to the lines of Henfstädt and Rothenbach . Theodor von Hanstein finally sold the property to a settlement company. Today there are the municipal administration, library and a restaurant.

The building complex of the castle, built as a four-wing complex on massive basement floors, is still partially preserved. The barns, stables and farm buildings on the west and north sides of the ensemble were replaced by modern buildings. The main building occupies the east side, the southern end is the Oberell church. To the south of the church, a house called the “White Castle” was later built by a branch of the Hansteins, which suggests that there were disagreements within the family.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Oberellen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Dieter von Hanstein: Hanstein Castle: on the 700-year history of a border fortress in Eichsfeld , Mecke Druck und Verlag, 2008, p. 30, ISBN 3936617481 ; (Digital scan)
  2. ^ Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen: Meiningen district: District court districts of Salzungen and Wasungen . In: Georg Voss (Hrsg.): Architectural and art monuments of Thuringia . tape XXXV . Jena 1909, p. 100-102 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 57.5 ″  N , 10 ° 11 ′ 9 ″  E