Westfeld is a village and a former municipality in the district of
Hildesheim in
Lower Saxony,
Germany. Since 1 November 2016, it is part of the municipality
Sibbesse
Sibbesse is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km south of Hildesheim. Since 1 November 2016, the former municipalities Adenstedt, Almstedt, Eberholzen and ...
.
Sights
Westfeld consists of two villages, Westfeld and Wrisbergholzen. Wrisbergholzen, the smaller village, has various sights to offer.
* Wrisbergholzen Castle which was built 1740 to 1745 is famous for its
Faience Hall dating from 1752. Its walls are covered with about 800 faiences with words in Italian, Latin and French.
* The former Faience Manufactory which was founded in 1736 as a "Porcellain Fabrique" can be visited opposite the castle.
* Saint Martin's Church is a Protestant church dedicated to Saint Martin of
Tours, a French saint. The church tower was built in the 12th century. Inside the church there are various
baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
paintings and an interesting wooden vault ceiling. The wooden pulpit dates from 1612 and the stone baptismal font dates from the end of the 16th century. The
retable was painted in 1734.
Georg Dehio
Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio (22 November 1850 in Reval (now Tallinn), Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 21 March 1932 in Tübingen), was a Baltic German art historian.
In 1900, Dehio started the "''Handbuch der deutschen Kunstgesch ...
: ''Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler - Bremen, Niedersachsen'', p. 1416. München 1992
* The Parsonage opposite the church is a large half-timbered house which was built in 1603. The eastern part was added in 1728.
* There are several well-preserved and interesting half-timbered houses in the High Street and in the Market Place which were built in the 18th century. In some facades colourful wood carvings can be seen.
File:WrisbergholzenManufactory.jpg, Faience manufactory
File:WrisbergholzenIgreja1.jpg, Saint Martin's Church
File:WrisbergholzenIgreja2.jpg, Saint Martin's Church
File:WrisbergholzenMainSt.jpg, High Street
File:WrisbergholzenMarketPl.jpg, Market Place
File:WrisberhgholzenParsonage.jpg, Parsonage
References
Hildesheim (district)
Former municipalities in Lower Saxony
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