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List Of Castles In Lower Saxony
{{short description, None Numerous castles and palaces are found in the German state of Lower Saxony. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to this day. This list encompasses those structures built as fortified sites, usually described in German as a ''Burg'' (castle or manor house) or ''Festung'' (fort/fortress), as well as those built primarily as aristocratic residences - stately homes and palaces - usually referred to in German as a ''Schloß'' or ''Palais''/''Palast''. * Agathenburg House, Agathenburg * Ahlden House, Ahlden * Alte Burg, Osterode am Harz * Adelebsen Castle, Adelebsen * Ampleben Castle, Kneitlingen * Jagdschloss Baum, Bückeburg * Bederkesa Castle, Bad Bederkesa * Beningaburg, Dornum * Bredebeck House, Lohheide * Bentheim Castle, Bad Bentheim * Bevern Castle, Bevern * Blankenburg Castle, Essel * Blankenhagen Castle, Grethem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burg Bentheim Pulverturm
The German word Burg means castle. Burg or Bürg may refer to: Places Placename element * ''-burg'', a combining form in Dutch, German and English placenames * Burg, a variant of burh, the fortified towns of Saxon England Settlements * Burg, Aargau, Switzerland * Burg, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Germany * Burg, Bitburg-Prüm, Germany * Burg, Brandenburg, Germany * Burg, Dithmarschen, Germany * Burg auf Fehmarn, Germany * Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany * Burg im Leimental, Switzerland * Den Burg, Netherlands * The Burg, Illinois, United States * Burg, Hautes-Pyrénées, France * Burg, Kilninian and Kilmore, a place on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Melber, Kentucky, United States, also known as Burg Other uses * Burg (surname) or Bürg * Bürg (crater) * Burg (ship, 2003), a car ferry operating on Switzerland's Lake Zurich *Burgs (fast-food chain) See also * * Burgh (other) * Borg (other) * Bourg (other) * Borough and -bury, common English v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kneitlingen
Kneitlingen is a municipality in the Wolfenbüttel district in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is part of the ''Samtgemeinde'' Elm-Asse. The most recent German census counted a population of just 853 people. Geography Kneitlingen is situated in Brunswick Land between the Elm and Asse hill ranges. The municipality consists of the following four villages: * Ampleben * Bansleben * Eilum * Kneitlingen History Kneitlingen in the medieval Duchy of Saxony was first mentioned in an 1135 deed issued by Emperor Lothair III, whereby he granted the estates to the newly established Benedictine abbey of Königslutter. The Romanesque parish church was erected by the Knights Templar about 1141; its apse and groin vault are preserved in the original condition. From 1235 onwards, the area belonged to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the lordship was enfeoffed to various local noble families. The village of Kneitlingen is known as the birthplace of the legendary trickster Till Eulenspiegel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blankenburg Castle (Essel)
Blankenburg Castle (German: ''Burg Blankenburg'') was a small castle in the village of Engehausen in the municipality of Essel in the German state of Lower Saxony. It dates roughly to the 13th century. All that remains are parts of the surrounding rampart. Today a rural farmstead, formerly a manor house, stands on the site of the old castle. The castle was built on the north bank of the river AllerHeine, Dr Hans Wilhelm and others, ''Burgen im Fluss'', Landkreis Soltau-Fallingbostel, Bad Fallingbostel, 2005, above the flood plain. Today it lies on a silted-up branch of the old river. The ruins of a rampart can still be seen on the southeastern side of the former castle site; the opposite side of the embankment had been levelled around 1900. The extent of the castle has been estimated at 50 x 50 m. Today an old farmhouse stands in the middle of the site. At the beginning of the 20th century the foundations and parts of a vault were reported to have been found. The castle was at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevern, Lower Saxony
Bevern () is a municipality in the District of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") of Bevern. Bevern lies on the Weser river near its confluence with the Beverbach tributary, located between the Burgberg, Solling and Vogler hill ranges of the Weser Uplands. The municipal area comprises the villages of Bevern proper, Forst, Dölme, Lobach, Lütgenade, and Reileifzen. The Saxon settlement of ''Byueran'' was first mentioned in a register of Corvey Abbey in 822. The construction of a church was documented in 1501; it was consecrated by the Cologne archbishop Hermann IV of Hesse in 1506. The community is chiefly known for Bevern Castle (''Schloss Bevern''), a Renaissance palace built as a manor house from 1603 to 1612. Purchased by the Welf dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg during the Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevern Castle
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Bevern is the name of the following places in Germany: * Bevern, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein * Bevern, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony * Bevern (Samtgemeinde), in Lower Saxony * A place near Essen (Oldenburg) Essen (Oldenburg) is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the river Hase, about north of Quakenbrück and southwest of Cloppenburg. Essen consists of the following villages: Addrup Addrup is a vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Bentheim
Bad Bentheim (; nds-nl, Beantem) is a town in the southwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany, in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim on the borders of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands roughly 15 km south of Nordhorn and 20 km northeast of Enschede. It is a state-recognized thermal brine and sulphur spa town, hence the designation ''Bad'' (“Bath”). Also to be found in Bad Bentheim is the castle Burg Bentheim, the town's emblem. Geography Extent of the municipal area The town limit is 49 km, with a north–south reach of 14 km and an east–west reach of 12 km. The area under Bad Bentheim's jurisdiction, along with all its constituent communities, has a total area of 100.16 km2. Neighbouring communities Bad Bentheim, a town shaped by the Evangelical Church, belongs to Lower Saxony's district of Bentheim. It borders on two other towns in Lower Saxony, Schüttorf and Nordhorn as well as on the more characteristically Catholic towns of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burg Bentheim
Bentheim Castle (german: Burg Bentheim) is an early medieval hill castle in Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. The castle is first mentioned in the 11th century under the name ''binithem''. Situation The castle is built on a protrusion of Bentheim sandstone, which not only provided building materials for the castle itself, but was also a valued export product. This ''Bentheimer Höhenrücken'' is the last protusion of the nearby Teutoburger forest. Its elevated position in an otherwise very flat landscape, provides an excellent view and thus a strategic location to build a castle. History Until 1500 The earliest history of the castle, which was erected on the remains of an earlier refuge castle is largely unknown. In the registries of Werden Abbey (1050) the castle is mentioned, as ''Binedheim'', in and contributes grain, honey and 2 solidi. A document from 1020 names Otto von Northeim as the owner of the castle. In 1116 the castle is completely destroyed in the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lohheide
Lohheide is an unincorporated area in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It covers an area of and has 764 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2006). Together with administrative area of Osterheide it is part of the Bergen-Hohne Military Training Area. History In 1935 the German armed forces, the Wehrmacht, established the military training area of Bergen between Bergen and Fallingbostel. A total of 24 villages were evacuated and their inhabitants relocated. In 1938 the Bergen Area Estate (''Gutsbezirk Platz Bergen'') was created to administer the training area and it was subordinated to Fallingbostel district. In 1945 the ''Gutsbezirk'' was split into two independent areas, known as the Osterheide and Lohheide Estates. Osterheide remained part of Fallingbostel district, whilst Lohheide was re-subordinated again to Celle district. Today Lohheide lies within the NATO Bergen-Hohne firing ranges in Soltau-Fallingbostel district which were established in 1958. Legal s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bredebeck House
Schloss Bredebeck ("Bredebeck House") was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function. The house is located in woodland in the German state of Lower Saxony between the former villages of Hörsten and Hohne, which disappeared in the 1930s in the wake of the establishment of Bergen-Hohne Training Area. In 1936, the Bredebeck estate was incorporated into the training area and, since then, has not been accessible to the general public. It became part of the British Army's estate at Bergen-Hohne Garrison. History In old documents from 1476 and 1511 the place is referred to as ''tom Bredtbeck'' and in 1589 as ''Bretbeck''. There was a stream, the Liethbach, a tributary of the Meiße, that used to exist in the vicinity of the former farm and which led to a large forest called the ''Breede''. Hence the name Bredebeck ("Breede Beck"). In the 1476 document it is recorded that the v. Bothmer brothers (Ernst, Gebhard and Kurt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornum
Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 15 km east of Norden, and 20 km north of Aurich. Division of the municipality The other towns in the municipality of Dornum are: Neßmersiel, Dornumersiel, Nesse, Roggenstede, Westerbur, Westeraccum, Schwittersum. Notable places Dornum is home to the Lutheran St. Bartholomaeus Church. Bartholomaeus church contains an organ built by Gerhard von Holy. The organ is now considered a national treasure. Dornum also houses the only surviving building of a synagogue in East Frisia. The receiving terminal for gas through Europipe I and II lies at Dornum. The gas is transported on from here through a 48-kilometre pipeline to Emden for quality and volume metering. From here the gas is routed to customers’ gas grids. The Czech Republic and Austria receive gas through Europipe II at Dornum. The Czechs take over the gas here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Bederkesa
Bad Bederkesa (Northern Low Saxon: ''Beers'') is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the town of Geestland. It is situated approximately 20 km northeast of Bremerhaven, and 30 km southeast of Cuxhaven. Bad Bederkesa was the seat of the former ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Bederkesa, an administrative division consisting of several component municipalities. History Bad Bederkesa belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (est. as principality of imperial immediacy in 1180). The Knights of Bederkesa, like all the place, had been struck by the plague in 1349/1350, completely extinguishing many knightly family lines.Bernd Ulrich Hucker, „Die landgemeindliche Entwicklung in Landwürden, Kirchspiel Lehe und Kirchspiel Midlum im Mittelalter“ (first presented in 1972 as a lecture at a conference of the historical work study association of the northern Lower Saxon La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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