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Gut Holzhausen
Gut Holzhausen is an estate and manor house (''Gut'') in Holzhausen, part of Nieheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The present buildings of the estate, which goes back to the 14th century, were mostly built in the 19th century. The estate is a listed monument. It is used for biodynamic farming, and also a venue of community events, such as a culture festival called Voices. History and architecture The first building was a moated castle from 1312, which was owned from 1484 by the von der Borch family. It consisted of a manor house and a ''Vorburg''. Documented from 1483, the was resident on the estate, given as a fief of Bishop , the head of the Diocese of Paderborn. Some of the present buildings date back to the 16th century. When the moated castle was destroyed by a fire, the Borch family erected a manor house in Neoclassical style, built from 1801 to 1809 by Wilhelm Carl Hisner, an architect from Kassel, within the former moat. Close to the manor house are four stables. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rittergut Holzhausen Sammlung Duncker
Manorialism, also known as the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features included a large, sometimes fortified manor house in which the lord of the manor and his dependents lived and administered a rural estate, and a population of labourers who worked the surrounding land to support themselves and the lord. These labourers fulfilled their obligations with labour time or in-kind produce at first, and later by cash payment as commercial activity increased. Manorialism is sometimes included as part of the feudal system. Manorialism originated in the Roman villa system of the Late Roman Empire, and was widely practiced in medieval western Europe and parts of central Europe. An essential element of feudal society, manorialism was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market economy and new forms of agrarian contract. In examining the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
