Schulenburg (Bodenwerder)
| Schulenburg | ||
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 The Schulenburg with a reconstructed course of the city wall |
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| Creation time : | around 1300 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Essentially preserved | |
| Place: | Bodenwerder | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 58 '35.5 " N , 9 ° 30' 50" E | |
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The Schulenburg is a multi-storey, stone residential tower from around 1300 in Bodenwerder in the Holzminden district in Lower Saxony . The core of the former residential tower is one of the oldest buildings in the city and was probably the city castle of Bodenwerder, on which the bailiffs of the noble lords of Homburg sat. Since 2003, this is Munchausen - Museum housed in the previously renovated building.
description
The Schulenburg is one of three buildings on the former estate of the von Münchhausen family , which existed as a free saddle yard since the 13th century. The ensemble of buildings also includes the former manor house known as Münchhausen Castle and today's town hall, as well as the former brandy distillery.
The original residential tower once had stepped gables typical of the time . The structure underwent at least three alterations, which took place around 1400, 1772 and 1871. They left little of the medieval structure behind . In the south-east corner, archaeological findings indicated an earlier round tower, possibly a stair tower . It has not existed since the middle of the 15th century. The north-western building wall of the Schulenburg was part of the city wall of Bodenwerder.
Individual written sources testify to the existence of a palace or a castle in Bodenwerder, but they do not directly indicate the Schulenburg. Heinrich von Homburg (1340–1409) had the right to use the castle and court in Bodenwerder. In 1442 Ernst von Hake received a castle loan in Bodenwerder from the Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . In 1590 Stacius von Münchhausen was enfeoffed with the Schulenburg by Duke Julius . With the construction of the manor house on the estate from 1610, the Schulenburg lost its military importance and was then used as a farm building, or as a tithe barn .
In 1772 Hieronymus von Münchhausen and his wife Jacobina, nee von Dunten, expanded the stone work of the Schulenburg, which was used as a barn at the time, to almost double its size, as evidenced by a sandstone slab embedded above the entrance.
1871 sold Alexander von Munchausen the Schulenburg to a tanner , of a conversion to a tannery undertook with storage and drying room for animal skins. Today's half-timbered upper floors with numerous roof windows and hatches were created.
Schulenburg has been owned by the city of Bodenwerder since 1936. At the end of the 1990s, the building was in ruins . Around 500,000 euros in donations were collected for a renovation. Between 1999 and 2003 there was a redesign to accommodate the Münchhausen Museum. In addition to securing the building fabric, a supporting steel structure was created inside. In the outside area, relics of the city wall, the tower fragment and the medieval horizon were made visible.
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann zu Schulenburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Description of the Schulenburg with photos
- Image of a display board with a historical overview of the Schulenburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Complete success for the Münchhausen Museum in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of July 30, 2012