Schwedesdorf Castle
Schwedesdorf Palace is a palace complex in Lauenau in Lower Saxony that was built from 1596 to 1600 and has been owned by the Barons of Münchhausen since it was built.
description
The castle consists of a main building and a side building, which are at right angles to each other. A hexagonal stair tower was added to one of the buildings in 1606 . The half-timbered upper floor was renewed in the 19th century. In the years 1892 and 1893 Hermann Schaedtler carried out renovations and extensions. Inside the castle there are three chimneys, which are decorated with rolling, fitting and swivel work. On the west side of the castle there is a publicly accessible garden with exotic trees.
history
As early as 1377, the white line of the Münchhausen family was enfeoffed by the Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein with half a tithe to Schwedesdorf , at the same time with three farms in neighboring Apelern . This free castle in the outer bailey of Lauenau was used, as with other castle men at the Lauenau official castle , to provide for them. In 1594 three brothers shared the inheritance: Claus received Apelern (with the Renaissance castle built 1560–61, which is also still owned by the family) and Nienfeld , Otto Lauenau and Ludolf received the inheritance from mother Heilwig Büschen in Hessisch Oldendorf and Remeringhausen .
The builder of Schwedesdorf Castle was Otto von Münchhausen, who had been Drost at the official castle since 1583 . In 1596 he began to build his own Schwedesdorf Castle on the old Münchhausen'schen Burgmannshof in the immediate vicinity, in order to upgrade it to his own manor . The master builder is Johann Hundertossen from Hamelin .
The building was completed in 1600, since then the inscription "Otto von Munnichhusen, Anno domini 1600" has adorned a coat of arms stone. In 1892, the bay window and gable were adapted and given a stone inscription, which can also be found in the Münchhausen family coat of arms: "Mine Borg is God." Shortly after the castle was completed, Otto died in 1601 of a duel wound that he suffered from a Wedding.
In more recent times, the Schwedesdorf Palace served as the retirement home of Adelbert Hubertus Freiherrn von Münchhausen and his wife Annemarie, née. Baroness von Münchhausen from the Vitzenburg family , who moved from their estate Groß Vahlberg near Wolfenbüttel to Lauenau.
literature
- The manors of the principalities of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen. Description, history, legal relationships and 121 illustrations. Published by Gustav Stölting-Eimbeckhausen and Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen-Moringen at the decision of the knighthood and with the participation of the individual owners. Hanover, 1912, pp. 203 ff.
- Hans Maresch, Doris Maresch: Schwedesdorf Castle. In: Lower Saxony's castles, castles & mansions , Husum Verlag, Husum 2012, ISBN 978-389876-604-3 , pp. 149–150.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Neukirch: Renaissance castles of Lower Saxony , text volume 2nd half, Hanover 1939
- ↑ Maresch, Hans and Doris: Lower Saxony's palaces, castles & mansions as a book title with table of contents from the Husum publishing group
Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 30.4 " N , 9 ° 21 ′ 59" E