Schwarzenraben Castle

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Schwarzenraben Castle 2015
Schwarzenraben Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Schwarzenraben Castle is a baroque moated castle near Lippstadt - Bökenförde . It was built by the barons of Hoerde between 1748 and 1765 according to plans by Johann Matthias Kitz . Remaining work extended to 1777.

history

The "Wambeke" settlement was first mentioned in a document in 1031, when the Paderborn Bishop Meinwerk confirmed that he had donated part of his inheritance to the Abdinghof monastery there, including Wambeke. The name means something like "settlement near a brook with little water". Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Wambeke had developed into an isolated manor house through clever economic policy and was expanded into a low castle. The property was divided into two parts and in the 15th century it was given to the Boleke and Vrydach families as a fief.

Alhard von Hoerde acquired part of the Wambeke farm in 1510, the second part came into the family's possession in 1584, so that a new branch of the family from Hoerde zu Wambeke was created. From then on they called their property "Black Raven".

The Niederungsburg castle no longer appeared in keeping with the times at the beginning of the 18th century, so that the von Hoerde family had plans drawn up for a new building in the mid-1740s. Finally, the Landdrost and privy councilor Ferdinand Friedrich Freiherr von Hörde (1710–1780) had the design by the architect Johann Matthias Kitz from Arolsen implemented, with planning proposals from Franz Christoph Nagel and Johann Leonhard Mauritz Gröninger being incorporated. The baroque moated castle was built between 1748 and 1765. The rich stucco work was done by the Metz brothers, while the magnificent ceiling paintings were made by the fresco painter Joseph Gregor Winck.

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The orangery in the park was not completed until 1774, and work on the palace chapel also extended to 1777. Here too, the stucco work was done by the Metz brothers, while the altar was created by the sculptor Anton Joseph Stratmann . To this day it is one of the most beautiful Rococo style chapels in Westphalia.

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The line of those from Hörde to Schwarzenraben expired in 1846 with Engelbert Matthias in the male line. His widow Kunigunde, b. Freiin von Asbeck, inherited besides Schwarzenraben also Eringerfeld Castle . In 1850 she married her widowed brother-in-law Wilhelm Otto Freiherr von der Betten from Oldenburg. He brought a daughter into the marriage, so that in view of the urgent need for succession planning, Kunigunde decided to transfer the entire Hörde property to her stepdaughter and niece Marie Kunigunde von der Betten. In 1863 she married Baron Friedrich Clemens von Ketteler from Thüle. In 1885 they jointly acquired the nearby Störmede Castle , also an old Hoerde'scher seat. In 1922, a year before her death, she transferred all of her property to her grandson Wilderich Friedrich Freiherr von Ketteler .

Schwarzenraben Castle during the extinguishing work.

The baroque moated castle suffered a difficult fate when a disastrous large fire was triggered on April 23, 1935 by a forgotten iron. During the fire, the fireman Otto Kersting and the district forester Heinrich Mertens were killed by a falling chimney during the rescue work. Because of this major fire, the fire extinguishing system was examined and reformed nationwide. The owners Wilderich Freiherr von Ketteler and his wife Maria Rosa, geb. Countess zu Eltz decided to rebuild the castle, of which only the outer walls had remained.

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With great financial expenditure and with numerous helpers, the reconstruction began in the year of the disaster. The architect Max Sonnen took over the management of the stucco work in the halls to the plasterer and sculptor Karl Brechmann. The artist Heinrich Landgrebe re-created the ceiling frescoes in the halls and in the chapel.

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In 1963, Franz Anton von Ketteler came into possession of the property. When great economic difficulties arose, the 8,000-volume library was sold in 1994 and the forest and land property in 1995, as was the inventory by Sotheby's. Otto Drosihn acquired the castle with the outer buildings and the park in 1998. In the following years extensive restoration and renovation measures were carried out, so that the castle is one of the most beautiful moated castles in Westphalia today.

Orangery Schwarzenraben.jpg

literature

  • Albert K. Hömberg : Historical news about noble houses and manors in the Duchy of Westphalia , Issue 15, Münster 1978, pp. 31–45.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruholl, Dirk: Schwarzenraben Castle in the Mirror of Time. Paderborn 2015. pp. 60–79.
  2. ↑ Ruholl, Dirk: Schwarzenraben Castle in the Mirror of Time. Paderborn 2015. p. 12.
  3. ↑ Flöer, Michael / Korsmeier, Claudia Maria: The place names of the Soest district. Bielefeld 2009. p. 453.
  4. ↑ Ruholl, Dirk: Schwarzenraben Castle in the Mirror of Time. Paderborn 2015. S. 92 and S. 114.
  5. ↑ Ruholl, Dirk: Schwarzenraben Castle in the Mirror of Time. Paderborn 2015. p. 179.

Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 38.4 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 44.1"  E