Wolfsburg (Bornheim)
Wolfsburg | ||
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The Wolfsburg |
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Alternative name (s): | Broicher Hof | |
Creation time : | before the 15th century | |
Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Construction: | Brick | |
Place: | Bornheim - Roisdorf | |
Geographical location | 50 ° 45 '19.7 " N , 7 ° 0' 12.2" E | |
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The Wolfsburg , also Broicher courtyard called, is a former moated castle in Bornheimer district Roisdorf (At the Wolfsburg) in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The founding of the moated castle probably goes back to the 15th century. In 1468 the fortified complex was owned by the von Metternich family as the "bruchen huis" , before it passed to the Wolff von Bergheimerdorf family (which gave it their name) towards the end of the 16th century. In 1626 the hook-shaped main castle was supplemented by a transverse building, so that a three-wing complex was created on a closed square floor plan. The castle probably played a role as a refuge in the 1583 Truchsessian War . In 1721 the castle was owned by the von Waldbott-Bassenheim family , who had the main castle converted and the outer castle completely renewed.
In the early 19th century, Freiherr Gerhard von Carnap Roisdorf tried to expand it into a health resort, with Wolfsburg serving as an excursion destination. Guests at Wolfsburg included Ernst Moritz Arndt and the Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In 1888 the mayor Wilhelm Rech bought the property; it is still owned by the family today.
description
The brick castle complex, a typical Rhenish moated castle with main and outer bailey , presumably connected by a drawbridge , was surrounded by moats until the first half of the 19th century , which can only be guessed at today.
The iron anchors of the attic with the curved gable of the Rhenish late Renaissance show the year “1626”, which indicates that the castle received its present form at this time.
In 1721, owned by the von Waldbott-Bassenheim family, the outer bailey was given its baroque style . The gate tower also dates from this time .
"The name of Wolfsburg has always given rise to speculations about its origin and so, according to an old legend, it is said to go back to the wolves' bloody hord , which made the foothills unsafe in ancient times."
literature
- Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. A lexicon of the "permanent houses" . J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7 , p. 50 .
Web links
- Entry on Wolfsburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- The Roisdorf Wolfsburg. heimatfreunde-roisdorf.de
- Wolfsburg bornheim.de
- Image of Wolfsburg. at fotocommunity.de