Top 14 Castles around Hohnhorst

A perfect place for a relaxing walk or a restful break in nature.

On the round trip around Lake Steinhude you also follow the Hagenburg Canal for a while or even cross it

The open-air museum is located on the site of the former Rodenberg Castle, which was later converted into a palace. This "museum island" is surrounded by a moat and houses the Ständehaus, the only surviving building of the old palace, which was badly damaged by fire in 1859. In the Ständehaus there is an exciting exhibition to discover that brings the history of the region to life.

The later manor emerged from one or more farms. The two-story manor house is striking, surrounded by a wide moat and accessible via three bridges. The basement and ground floor are made of quarry stone masonry - largely unplastered - while the high upper floor is a half-timbered building with plastered compartments. The building was probably built in the 16th century. As a half-timbered building, it is one of the older manor houses in the Calenberger Land. Beginning of the 17th century. The (first) renovations have been carried out, which is indicated by a bay window on the east side designed in the Renaissance style with "1611" as the year of construction. In 1866, further renovations were carried out in the neo-Gothic style, with parts of the external masonry being massively replaced and the stone stair tower, a gallery, a bay window and a turret being added. The manor includes a spacious park with old trees. The avenue that begins behind the park and leads to the Munzeler Mark forest is remarkable. The manor goes back to property owned by the Counts of Schaumburg, who gave it out as a fiefdom. This was associated with a seat in the knight's curia of the Calenberg state estates (state parliament) and exemption from the sovereign's service obligations. In 1743 Georg Reinhard Langwerth v. Simmern, ancestor of the current owners, the manor. Source: https://www.barsinghausen.de/portal/seiten/wichtringhausen-903000177-20002.html

I almost cycled past it. Unforgivable if you overlook such a sight. https://rittergut-wichtringhausen.de/

Hagenburg Castle, the forerunner of Hagenburg Castle, was first mentioned in a document in 1369 as Hagenborch. It probably goes back to the Counts of Schaumburg, when they set foot on the Steinhuder Meer in the 14th century. The castle was probably used in the early 14th century to secure the settlement of Hagenburg, which was built in the second half of the 13th century. From the 14th century onwards, the castle was often mortgaged and later served as the administrative seat of the Hagenburg district. In 1518 the brothers Anton and Johann zu Holstein-Schaumburg were enfeoffed with the castle by the Hessian landgrave. The lords of Heimburg sat here as their ministerials until 1558, after that Ludolf Klencke was. In 1558 Klencke had a gatehouse built and the castle rebuilt. In the living quarters he installed a spiral staircase. In 1574 his son Ernst Ludolf arranged for some renovations and the construction of a sheepfold. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Hagenburg

In the outdoor area of the open-air museum are the fortress towers around the castle wall, which were only uncovered in 2000. After more than four years, the Rodenberg Castle Association completed the excavation and partial restoration of the two artillery towers and their weirs on the castle wall in autumn 2004. Parts of a castle fortification belonging to the Counts of Holstein and Schaumburg from the largely unexplored transition period between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period were excavated. In 1663, it was dismantled and partly demolished and partly filled in. The monument protection authorities describe the complex as "unique at least for northern Germany and of historical value as well as particularly suitable for illustrating the history and changes in military technology requirements from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period." Source: https://www.museumslandschaft-rodenberg.de/freilichtmuseum/

The Estates House is the only surviving building of the former castle. It lies on an island surrounded by the water-bearing moat. Originally it was the Palas within the castle complex, which presented itself as an almost closed four-wing complex. In the years 2000 to 2004 the Förderverein Schloss Rodenberg e. V. excavations at the former fortifications of Rodenberg Castle. The remains of the hexagonal bastion and the circular tower as well as two weirs were uncovered. The reconstructed structures of the fortifications are also part of the open-air museum, which opened in 2005, as are the ramparts of the castle, the Estates House as part of the castle ruins and the information boards that have been set up. The park-like facility is freely accessible. The fenced-in remains of the bastion and the circular tower can be visited on Sunday tours during the summer months. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Rodenberg