Turkish court
The Türkenhof is located in the municipality of Oppurg in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia .
history
The Türkenhof is the oldest building in Oppurg. It dates from the 16th century. The Junker Hans von Brandenstein is the builder. He had gone to France for military training. In 1525 he became a page of King Francis I. He was captured in the battle of Pavia . Then he joined the imperial war service and fell into Turkish captivity during the siege of Buda . After three years of forced laborThe Turkish general Ibrahim is said to have taken him on his campaigns. His skills and knowledge were noticed and he got a special position, which he used with Zuleika or Fatima after 16 years and came home on a ship with the Turkish woman.
His wife Helene von Stein accepted the Turkish woman just like the Pope because she had helped the man escape. The Turkish woman then died suddenly and the incipient inheritance regulation revealed that his brothers had officially declared him dead five years earlier. You had to return his inheritance. This included the property on which the Turkish court is located today. In memory of his wife from Turkey , he had it rebuilt according to Turkish criteria. He also had a plaque put up over the front door .
The Turkish court today
The Türkenhof has been used as the administrative headquarters of the Oppurg administrative association since 1995 and has been preserved accordingly.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.vg-oppurg.de/index.php?id=131048000672&cid=131048000038 Retrieved on July 4, 2016
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 '42.8 " N , 11 ° 39' 14.3" E