Wernrode Castle
The Castle Wernrode is in Wernrode , a district of Bleicherode in the district of Nordhausen in Thuringia .
description
The former manor is a closed Vierseithof with farm buildings that have arisen in different centuries. The oldest parts date from the 12th century. The two-storey, massive mansion at Teichstraße 41 was built from quarry stones around 1603 in simple forms of the Renaissance . The steep gable roof with the original roof structure has small dormers . Four plastered bay windows at the corners of the roof are covered with pyramid roofs. In the north and south is a curved stepped gable . In the west there is an internal, round stair tower . In the south there is a polygonal extension that originally served as a chapel . To the east is a round-arched gate with rustication and retrofitted antique-crowned with female busts. The stucco ceilings have been preserved on the ground floor . To the west is a single-storey timber-framed building with a high pedestal of stone , hipped roof with dormers from the 18th century.
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Thuringia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 , pp. 1374–75.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 7.2 " N , 10 ° 44 ′ 3.7" E