Wietersheim Castle

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Wietersheim Castle
Wietersheim Castle

The Wietersheim Castle is a castle in the district Wietersheim the city Petershagen in the Minden-Lübbecke . It is located around nine kilometers north of Minden directly on the eastern bank of the Weser at river 210 kilometer on a central terrace in front of the village of Wietersheim, surrounded by sandy meadows. The building is now privately owned.

history

The palace complex was built in 1323 and used for centuries as a manor and commander of the Order of St. John . In 1799 the complex was sold to the Minden Cathedral Capitular Baron Philipp von Cornberg for 103,000 thalers; he deposited the purchase price in cash. The Kommende Wietersheim existed formally until 1811 as a money coming , i. H. the commander received the interest on the capital deposited by Cornberg. Due to its geographical location on the border between the Principality of Minden and the County of Schaumburg , Wietersheim Castle was often involved in border disputes and was consequently often destroyed.

The original system consisted of half-timbered buildings . The chapel, which was built later, was built in solid construction and converted into the current building around 1810. A compact eight-sided building was created in the classical style.

Baron Carl von Schlotheim lived in Wietersheim. He was with Félicité-Mélanie geb. Legarde, a biological daughter of Jérôme Bonaparte . In 1810, the King of Westphalia appointed her "Countess of Wietersheim". Carl von Schlotheim became district administrator of the Minden district and was considered the district's road builder. His son Eduard Ernst Franz Johann Freiherr von Schlotheim grew up at Wietersheim Castle.

After the Second World War, the castle belonged to the area in the Windheim zu Lahde district, which was confiscated from May 1945 to February 1949 to accommodate DPs . During that time the building was badly damaged. Reconstruction could only begin after the seizure was lifted.

Todays use

Wietersheim Castle is privately owned and is not open to the public. The three garden areas mentioned at the beginning of the 18th century were completely lost with the deforestation after the end of the Second World War. The present garden is a new facility.

literature

  • Wilhelm Brepohl : The "Countess of Wietersheim". A daughter of Jerome Napoleon. In: Mindener Heimatblätter. Vol. 27, 1955, ZDB -ID 551392-3 , pp. 68-77 (June / July) and 89-105 (August).
  • Wilhelm Brepohl: In memoriam District Administrator Freiherr von Schlotheim . In: Mindener Heimatblätter. Vol. 29, 1957, pp. 102-105.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilfried Engel: Agricultural property and parcels of the Johanniter Commandery in Wietersheim. In: Messages from the Minden History Society. Vol. 56, 1984, ISSN  0340-188X , pp. 147-150.
  2. ↑ Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld: History of the Knightly Order of St. Johannis from the Hospital in Jerusalem: with special consideration of the Brandenburg Balli or the Sonnenburg Lordship. XVI, 896 S., Berlin, Berendt, 1859 Online at Google Books (p. 785)
  3. ↑ Sonja von Behrens: The time of the "Polish villages". Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1559-2 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 47 ″  E