The Castle Altengottern is a Grade II listed former manor in Altengottern , in the municipality of Unstrut-Hainich in Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis ( Thuringia )
The Castle Altengottern is a Grade II listed former manor in Altengottern , in the municipality of Unstrut-Hainich in Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis ( Thuringia ). The building is currently used by the AWO as a children's and youth home.
History and architecture
The complex was originally built as an enclosed moated castle; it is documented as the property of the Lords of Gods from 1180 to 1316. It came into the hands of the von Hagen family around 1440 and was owned by the von Marschall family from 1634 to 1945 . The Swedes destroyed the moated castle and the von Marschall family had the complex rebuilt as a castle in 1652 . A thorough renovation and refurbishment was carried out in 1824. At the beginning of the 20th century, a residential and utility wing was added to the west and a water tower was built up in the south-east . The upper floors of the east wing were demolished from 1995 to 1996 and then rebuilt. The von Marschall family was expropriated in 1945 and the castle became state property as a public property.
The facility is laid out around a rectangular courtyard that is open to the south-west. The four-storey and four-sided group of buildings is structured by four towers of different heights. The cellar vaults and the foundation walls of the eastern wing are still preserved from the medieval complex. The year 1673 can be seen above the entrance on the south side. Inside, the dining room as a so-called ballroom and the fireplace room have been preserved. The paneling on the walls dates back to the renovation in 1905.
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Gratis
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- Das Gebäude wird zurzeit von der AWO als Kinder- und Jugendheim genutzt
- Kein Besuch