Wilhelmsburg (Hilchenbach)

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Wilhelmsburg
SI-Hilchenbach Wilhelmsburg 1.jpg
Creation time : 1776
Place: Hilchenbach
Geographical location 50 ° 59 '48.2 "  N , 8 ° 6' 36.6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '48.2 "  N , 8 ° 6' 36.6"  E
Wilhelmsburg (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Wilhelmsburg

The Wilhelmsburg is a former Nassau residence and summer palace in Hilchenbach in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was converted into an official building in 1776 .

Building description

Well-proportioned massive baroque building from 1776 on older foundations with ground floor, upper floor and attic - plastered, smooth plaster facade with mineral paint; slate-covered ( arched roofing ) crooked hip roof with slightly profiled main cornice, cranked at gables: asymmetrical dwarf house ; Wooden lattice windows, smooth window sashes; contrasted in color; Window division probably from the end of the 19th century - four-winged, eight-divided, profiled fighter in 3/4 point.

history

A document dated July 20th of that year dates back to 1365 and reports the existence of a castle seat in the form of a permanent house . From 1489 this was given as a fief to the nobles Wischel von Langenau.

In 1625, the village of Hilchenbach became the residence of Count Wilhelm von Nassau-Siegen-Hilchenbach and his wife Christine (1596–1646), daughter of Count Georg III. von Erbach , raised. For this purpose, his father had bought back the Hilchenbacher Wasserburg from the Wischel von Langenau in 1622, since the Ginsburg, as the actual manorial center in this area, had proven to be dilapidated. The castle in Hilchenbach was structurally expanded from 1623 to 1627 and renamed Wilhelmsburg after its new owner.

After Count Wilhelm's early death in 1642, the county of Nassau-Hilchenbach fell to his brother, the famous Count Johann Moritz , the "Brazilian", who did not use the castle himself and bequeathed it in 1679 to his nephew, Count Wilhelm Moritz von Nassau-Siegen . He was married to Ernestine Charlotte Princess of Nassau-Dillenburg-Schaumburg (1662-1732) since 1678. In 1682/83 the couple began to set up a summer residence in Hilchenbach, and in this context the village was elevated to a town on May 1, 1687. However, the recently rebuilt castle fell victim to a fire in 1689 together with 72 of the 77 Hilchenbach houses. With the death of the count in 1691, Hilchenbach's close connection with the courtly world was largely broken. The palace, which was only partially rebuilt after the fire, subsequently became an official residence. In 1776 the now preserved office building was built on the older foundations.

Until 1976, the Wilhelmsburg served as the seat of the court for several centuries. The Hilchenbach District Court was last housed here. On January 27, 1979, Wilhelmsburg was transferred from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to the city of Hilchenbach for a purchase price of DM 350,000. The building was sold on November 12, 1980. The Wilhelmsburg is located at the lower end of today's Hilchenbach market square and has housed the city museum as well as the city library and the city archive since 1982.

Monument protection

The Wilhelmsburg has been registered in Hilchenbach's list of architectural monuments as monument no. 161 since November 4, 1994 .

From a historical preservation point of view, the building is important for Hilchenbach because it is a testimony to the rulership and administrative history of the place and the former northern part of the County of Siegen. The previous buildings in the same place were a castle, which was expanded in 1623, and two residential buildings. The current building follows on from these previous buildings.

The building is also a testament to a simple, late baroque-classicist, stately building with a symmetrical arrangement of the five-axis eaves and two-axis gable facades. The extension from 1844/1846, recognizable by the somewhat wider wall section between the windows of the core building and that of the extension as well as on the roof structure, is carried out in the same forms as the original building. The dwelling is likely to come from the same period. In terms of urban planning, the building is important because the parcel is one of the fixed points in the development of the area. a. also orientated the reconstruction of the place, which was partially destroyed by multiple fires.

literature

  • Reinhard Gämlich: History of the Wilhelmsburg. Hilchenbach Castle , Hilchenbach 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c List of historical monuments of the city of Hilchenbach, index card serial. No. 161, as of December 2011
  2. History Hilchenbach on www.rothaargebirge.com
  3. Gämlich, Reinhard: History of the Wilhelmsburg - the Hilchenbach castle. Hilchenbach 2003.
  4. ↑ Leafed back ..., Siegener Zeitung from January 29, 2011
  5. ↑ Leafed back ..., Siegener Zeitung from December 4, 2010
  6. Hilchenbach City Museum (in the Wilhelmsburg) on ​​www.siwitourist.de ( Memento from January 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )