Ulferts Börg

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Ulferts Börg
Ulferts Börg with attached Gulf barn

Ulferts Börg with attached Gulf barn

Alternative name (s): Osterburg
Creation time : around 1200 to 1300
Castle type : Niederungsburg, location
Conservation status: Received or received substantial parts
Place: Upgant bulkhead
Geographical location 53 ° 31 '10.7 "  N , 7 ° 16' 59.8"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '10.7 "  N , 7 ° 16' 59.8"  E
Ulferts Börg (Lower Saxony)
Ulferts Börg

Ulferts Börg is a high medieval castle in Upgant-Schott , part of the Brookmerland municipality , in the Aurich district in Lower Saxony . It is one of the oldest stone houses in East Frisia .

location

The castle is located on the southeast side of the East Frisian village in a nature reserve.

history

There are hardly any medieval castles in historic Brookmerland . The reason for this can be found in the Brokmer arbitrariness , according to which no frieze was allowed to build a stone house over 12 m high and a surrounding moat. It was only after this code of law lost its meaning that local chief families began to build multi-storey residential towers made of brick. The oldest parts of the Ulferts Börg were built around 1430. This is the approximately 15 meter wide front building, the outer walls of which are between 0.55 and 0.72 meters thick. A walled-up loopholes in the west gable still bear witness to its original function as a defensive structure. After the rise of the Cirksena , the local nobility in East Friesland lost more and more importance and eventually became part of the wealthy peasant class. In the course of time, the castle was adapted to the new needs. Around 1700 an economic section in a Gulfhof construction was added to the stone house.

The castle, which was enlarged several times by extensions, looked more and more like a small castle. The baroque portal created in the 18th century is well worth seeing. Shortly after 1700 an economic section in a Gulfhof construction was added to the core building of Ulferts Börg. In the 18th century the property was expanded to include a large entrance hall with a baroque portal. The coats of arms of the former owners, the families ter Braeck and von Briesen, were embedded in this. Today the building complex consists of the old two-storey, transverse front building, a middle building built at right angles behind it and an adjoining barn and is used for the agricultural operation and as guest accommodation.

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