It all started, as one says, with the Welfen
It all started, as one says, with the Welfen ... The Guelphs, originally a Franconian nobility from the Meuse Moselle area, have been known since the 9th century. The goods of the Guelph were first situated in Alsace and Lorraine, and later, A. in Saxony, Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Calenberg-Göttingen and thus also in the county of Dassel with the Niederungsfestung Erichsburg, today's castle Erichsburg.
In 1070 Welf IV, the son of Margrave Alberto Azzo II. DEste (1009-1097), acquired the Bavarian duke's dignity and founded the line of the younger Guelphs. From 1170 to 1180, the dukes of Bavaria, from 1137 to 1180 the dukes of Saxony, and from 1235 the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
Henry, the lion-from the line of the younger Guelphs, son of Henry, the proud and grandson of Henry the Blackman-married Mathilde, daughter of the English King Henry II, in 1168 in Braunschweig, his three sons, Heinrich, Wilhelm, and Otto, managed the heritage together.
On the occasion of the marriage of the brother Wilhelm with a daughter from the Danish royal house, the first division of the Welsh goods took place in Paderborn in May 1202. Many, but also reunited, followed. The reason for this were the repeated agreements that only male descendants should inherit. This enabled the family of the Welfen to hold their duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg over the centuries.
Against this historical background, Duke William II, before his death in 1503, handed over the government business to his sons Heinrich (the older one) and Erich I (the second son, later also Erich, the older one). Thus, since 1495 Erich I was Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and reigning prince of Calenberg-Göttingen.
Erich I of Calenberg, together with Henry the Younger of Wolfenbüttel, conquered 1521 Burg Hunnesrück. From the heights of Hatop he bombarded the castle with a heavy gun. But he gave it up after a short time. About 3 km to the east, in a marshy lowland from 1527 (1525?) To 1530, Erichsburg was protected by a wide moat and high walls. Erich I. served them temporarily as an office. During the construction period he lived in the old castle Hunnesrück.
His son Erich II, also called Erich the Younger, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg was a mercenary leader and landlord of the Principality of Calenberg-Göttingen. After his death as a result of a catarrhal disease during a stay in Italy, the principled principality fell to his nephew, Duke Julius of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. This ruled from 1568 until his death in 1589 and is considered one of the most important rulers of his principality. He left his son and successor Heinrich Julius von Wolfenbüttel a well-rounded and financially healthy principality.
Duke Heinrich Julius often stayed in Erichsburg. He decided to erect a new house in the immediate vicinity of the existing buildings. The building was probably begun in 1604, and was probably finished in 1612.
In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) the Erichsburg was several times a battlefield of combat operations and was thereby partially damaged. She saw herself exposed to various vicious assailants, and, just finished, she experienced changing occupants, causing considerable damage to the buildings of the castle.
Thus the Erichsburg as a fortress and hunting castle no longer came into consideration. Use as the seat of an administrative district and economic enterprise was conceivable, but was severely restricted by the assignment of Hunnesrück. In the late 17th century, the government decided to demolish the Old High Building. As a fortified site, which was not connected to a city, the Erichsburg, like many other castles in the 17th century, became meaningless. The old palace building is almost completely demolished, only the actual gate building remains for the time being. However, the "Neue Hohe Gebäude" is thoroughly overhauled.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the influence of the economic interests in the structural changes at Erichsburg Castle is clearly visible. Georg II gives his approval for extensive conversion measures. In 1745, the Renaissance roofers (ornamental gables), which burdened the masonry and dismantled, were removed together with the old slate roof. The damaged masonry is demolished and the window walls are removed and replaced. The masonry on the third floor is lowered by 8 feet (about 2.50m). The roof is covered with Sollinger sandstone.
The "demolition of the west side of the castle wall and the demolition of the old gate vault / gate is granted by the government on 7th December 1747. On 3 August 1802, Erichsburg and Hunesrück were reunited. In 1815 Erichsburg became the administrative and court seat of the office of Erichsburg-Hunnesrück. In 1851, the Erichsburg lost the judiciary and in 1859 by repealing the office of Erichsburg also the administration.
From 1891 Erichsburg Castle was rented by the Consistory, and the preacher's seminar of the Hannoverschen Landeskirche was transferred from Hanover to Erichsburg. In the years 1891 to 1979, the Erichsburg served as an ecclesiastical seminar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Landeskirche Hannover for the training of young theologians. The chapel and the entire extension of the attic fall into the time of the preacher's seminar. After its dissolution in 1971, it was difficult to find a use, lastly, the palace building served as a leisure center.
In 1980 the state of Lower Saxony offered the entire estate in Erichsburg for sale. Since then, Erichsburg has been privately owned.
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