Schliestedt Castle
The Castle Schliestedt is a castle in Schliestedt in Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony . It was built from 1748 to 1760 in the Rococo style on the site of a castle of the von Schliestedt family. The most important Rococo education in the Braunschweig region is attributed to the castle .
Predecessor system
The castle's predecessor was a castle, the date of which it was built is not known. The von Schliestedt family, which died out in 1613, sat on it. A copper engraving by Merian from 1654 shows the complex, consisting of a main building with a half-timbered upper floor and an auxiliary building with a stone gatehouse . According to his description, the castle was very old at the time, had a square shape and was surrounded by a moat .
history
As early as 1449 the Lords of Schliestedt renounced the castle in favor of the Duke of Brunswick . The castle was owned by four noble families until 1527 and was then lent to a chancellor of the Duke of Brunswick. As a ducal fiefdom , the castle came to von der Streithorst in 1562. 1747 bought Heinrich Bernhard Schrader of Schliestedt with permission of Duke Charles I the castle. He tore it down and built the two-storey rococo castle not far from the castle site according to plans by Martin Peltier de Belfort . After various changes of ownership and different types of use, Schliestedt Castle has been a senior citizens' home since 1950 .
During construction work in 1994, an underground barrel vault made of brick came to light on the site . It was probably laid out in the 16th century and connected the castle with the outbuildings.
literature
- Sigrun Ahlers: Topographical-archaeological studies of 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, p. 330
Web links
- Entry by Gudrun Pischke, Stefan Eismann zu Schliestedt in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Reconstruction drawing of the castle by Wolfgang Braun
- Description of the castle and the place Schliestedt
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 11 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 19 ″ E