Stietencron Castle

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Stietencron Castle

The Stietencron Castle is located in Castle Street in Schötmar , a district of Bad Salzuflen . It served as the seat of the Schötmar manor. The Bad Salzuflen music school is currently housed in the premises.

historical overview

The manor Schötmar was carried out to 1664 Wöbbel derived Colonel Simon Moritz of Donop established (1613-1676). At the beginning of the 1660s he had acquired the Schötmaraner parish jug (today "Korf") with all its privileges and then additional lands and buildings. In 1664, Simon Moritz von Donop succeeded in obtaining the status of a manor for his property. In 1729 the castle was built by the Swedish and Hessian Minister of State August Moritz Abel Plato von Donop. It served as the manor house of the Schötmar manor.

Between 1788 and 1831 the castle and manor changed hands several times. In 1831 Johann von Stietencron the elder bought the castle with the 138 hectare property and made it the seat of the von Stietencron family . His son Johann von Stietencron , called Iwan, inherited the house in 1835. He was a college friend of Bismarck , president of the Lippe knighthood and member of the Lippe state parliament . In 1949 the city of Schötmar took over the park and the castle as an addition. The Bad Salzuflen Music School has been based in Stietencron Castle since 1983. Weddings are held in the rococo hall of the castle.

Structural measures

Built between 1729 and 1732 in the late Baroque and Rococo styles, the first minor renovations followed as early as 1758/59. From 1909 it was expanded to include the new entrance hall and the stairwell on the entrance side. In 1913, Margarete von Stietencron, who inherited the castle from her husband Iwan (II) von Stietencron, had extensive renovations carried out. The building was modernized in the neoclassical style and the main entrance was moved from the north to the south. In addition, the entrance was provided with a ramp. In 2009 and 2010 the castle was extensively renovated. In this context, all windows were revised, a new slate roof was applied and the facade was plastered and given a new coat of paint.

Castle Park

The Schötmar or Stietencronpark Castle Park has developed into a public park since the 18th century.

18th century

A site plan from 1775 shows a regularly designed flower and pleasure garden north of the castle. Contemporary written sources also mention several avenues and a kitchen and orchard. The mighty old trees, especially a Norway maple and a sweet chestnut, probably date from this time. Both trees have a considerable trunk circumference of 4.50 m each.

19th century

The former mausoleum of the Stietencrons, now a memorial
Interior of today's memorial

Johann von Stietencron had his own family chapel and mausoleum built in the park in 1867 after disputes with the Protestant parish of Schötmar . At the same time, the oak alley leading to the mausoleum was planted. Together with his wife Catharina, called Cathinka, he expanded the park almost to its present size. Her son Iwan Friedrich also showed a particular fondness for the park and, like his parents, had rare trees planted. Numerous rare deciduous trees and conifers, often planted more than 100 years ago, have defined the image of the landscape park since then. Iwan Friedrich also made the castle park available to the citizens of Schötmar for occasional celebrations. After Cathinka's death in 1910 - she outlived her husband by 37 years - she bequeathed a large amount of money to the palace gardener as an expression of her high appreciation for his services.

20th century

The structural changes to the palace also resulted in further redesign measures in the park. Until 1913, the main access to the mansion was from the north by a dead straight path lined with an avenue of lime trees. The path and the avenue as well as a brick patio with an ice cellar underneath are no longer available today. A large water basin that was originally intended to be used as an outdoor pool has also not survived.

In 1917, the ornithologist Gustav Wolff from Schötmar succeeded in obtaining the first reliable brood record of the miniature flycatcher in North Rhine-Westphalia , and in June of the same year he was able to take the first photo of a breeding pair in the palace gardens.

In 1933 the lord of the castle at the time had a brine spring drilled near the mausoleum near the park wall in order to channel the spring water directly into the basin. Today this place in the park wall is marked with an oval view.

When the castle grounds were acquired in 1949 for the price of DM 240,000 at the time (around 322,340 euros at today's prices), the city undertook to maintain the park as a public facility and to keep the mausoleum with the small cemetery in a decent state for the von Stietencron family receive. The castle building had to be taken over as an "addition". The city planned the redesign of the palace park to a "people's park" for rest and relaxation of the citizens. In the spring of 1950, work began on redesigning the facility. An intensely designed area was created south of the castle. A species-rich perennial garden and a heather garden with numerous bog plants have been created as a botanical show garden. Directly at the castle, the themed gardens are completed by a rose garden, the geometric beds of which are bordered by regularly cut box hedges.

Current condition and current use

The structure created from 1950 still defines the image of the park today. A new decorative main entrance to the park was created on the northwest side. In the northern area of ​​the park, the now overgrown tree population was thinned out, generous new lawns were created and the edge areas were planted with trees and shrubs. The south-western part of the park in the area of ​​the mausoleum today has more of the character of a small forest. At the beginning of the 1960s, the mausoleum in the castle park was converted into a memorial for the victims of both world wars. Only four inscription plates from a memorial erected in the castle park in 1922 were reused in the design of the mausoleum hall. The once stately pleasure garden has now become an inner-city park that is also used for public events and concerts. In some areas, the intensity of use for such events is in conflict with the preservation of the park substance.

literature

  • Kurt Wallbaum : Manor and Schötmar Castle 1664–1985 . Lippischer Heimatbund eV, Detmold 1988, ISBN 3-926311-65-7 .
  • Stefan Wiesekopsieker: “How has our city changed!”, Schötmar in old views , 5th issue of the “Bad Salzufler Haus- und Hofgeschichten” (Bad Salzufler Haus- und Hofgeschichten ”) of the Heimat- und Beautification Association Bad Salzuflen (HVV), pp. 20-21, online edition (PDF) .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Stietencron  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Stefan Wiesekopsieker: "How has our city changed!", Schötmar in old views , Heimatverein Bad Salzuflen , accessed on May 28, 2013
  2. ^ Website of the music school in Stietencron Castle
  3. ↑ a b c d Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Description of the castle and the castle park in LWL-GeodatenKultur
  4. ↑ Christopher König: Bird of the Month November 2010: The Miniature Flycatcher - a rare guest in North Rhine-Westphalia . In: “Charadrius 46”, Heft 3, 2010, p. 226ff.

Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 11.7 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 34.4"  E