Sambleben Castle
Sambleben Castle is a castle complex in Sambleben in the Wolfenbüttel district in Lower Saxony . It was built in 1701 according to plans by the builder Hermann Korb . The previous building was a medieval moated castle of the noble family "von Sambleben", which died out in 1587 .
description
The castle is a two-story building made of Elm limestone . The almost square four-wing building has a castle-like closed inner courtyard. The courtyard is bordered on three sides by corridors with arched arcades that rest on Tuscan pillars. The inscription "Anno 1701" as the construction date is located above the access portal, which has a central projection. There is a building inscription in the gable, describing that the complex was acquired by Franz Jakob von Cramm in 1627 and that his grandson Theodul (Thedel) von Cramm tore it down as a dilapidated building and rebuilt it in 1701. With the construction of the palace, the master builder Hermann Korb implemented his impressions of the Florentine Renaissance that he had collected in Italy .
Previous construction
The previous building of the castle was a moated castle , which is mentioned for the first time in 1377 and whose building history is unknown. A Merian engraving from around 1650 shows the appearance of the castle in the 17th century . A square castle tower with a pointed roof in an ensemble with several buildings is depicted on it. Two tall buildings are half-timbered with a stair tower and a stone building in the style of a palace . According to Merian's description, the facility was surrounded by a water-bearing moat and outside of it was the Vorwerk .
The castle was owned by the noble family "von Sambleben", which has been proven in the village since 1201. After the family died out in 1587, their property passed to Elisabeth of Denmark , the wife of Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. After her death in 1626 the castle belonged to her daughter-in-law Anna Sophia von Brandenburg . During the Thirty Years War , the facility was devastated by armies passing through in 1627. In the same year the von Cramm family acquired the castle site.
literature
- Hans Adolf Schultz : Castles and palaces of the Braunschweiger Land. Braunschweig 1980, p. 49f.
- Sigrun Ahlers: Topographical-archaeological investigations into prehistoric and early historical fortifications in the districts of Gifhorn, Helmstedt and Wolfenbüttel as well as in the urban district of Wolfsburg , (dissertation), Hamburg 1988, pp. 322–323.
- Gesine Schwarz: The knight seats of the old country of Braunschweig. Göttingen 2008, pp. 73-79.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann and Gudrun Pischke on samba lives in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 47.7 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 6.4 ″ E