Obersalwey Castle
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The Obersalwey Castle , also home Obersalwey called, is in the town of Eslohe in the town district Obersalwey in Hochsauerlandkreis . It is privately owned. Viewing is not possible.
history
The building was built around 1540 and belonged to the von Schade family until 1908 . The family had the facility rebuilt after a fire in 1834.
The von Schades family was owned by the von Landsberg - Velen family until the Second World War . From her it came to the Counts of Spee , who placed their forest management there.
After extensive renovation in the 1970s, the buildings served as a castle hotel for five years. In 1984 the castle was placed under a preservation order and is now used for private purposes.
description
The property consists of a manor house and the buildings of the manor belonging to Obersalwey . The main house is a rectangular, white plastered building with two storeys, which are covered by a high hipped roof. At its northeast corner is a round tower with a polygonal helmet , which is crowned by a weather vane . The mansion is divided into seven axes by windows. In the middle axis, which is closed off by a small triangular gable at eaves level , is the simple main entrance, to which a two - flight flight of stairs leads up.
literature
- Josef Bieker: Castles in the Green. Noble seats in Siegerland and Sauerland . Harenberg, Dortmund 1991, ISBN 3-88379-617-4 , pp. 77-78.
- Ferdy Fischer : Castles that look out from mountains - castles that dream in valleys. Photos by Toni Anneser. Aschendorff, Münster 1986, ISBN 3-402-06045-0 , pp. 138-139.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information according to the sign at the entrance to the town
- ↑ J. Bieker: Schlösser im Grünen , p. 78.
- ↑ burgendaten.de , access on 20 January 2012 found.
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '49.8 " N , 8 ° 5' 29.8" E