Wolfsburg (Bornheim)

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Wolfsburg
The Wolfsburg

The Wolfsburg

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 Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '19.7 "  N , 7 ° 0' 12.2"  E
Wolfsburg (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Wolfsburg

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.

Wolfsburg, aerial view from the north-west

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."

- heimatfreunde-roisdorf.de : The Roisdorf Wolfsburg

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

Commons : Wolfsburg  - Collection of Images