Gut Holzhausen

Gut Holzhausen
Rittergut Holzhausen c. 1860, Collection Alexander Duncker
Alternative names
  • Rittergut Holzhausen
  • Kulturgut Holzhausen
General information
Status
  • Farm
  • Festival venue
LocationNieheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates51°47′25″N 9°08′10″E / 51.7903°N 9.1362°E / 51.7903; 9.1362
Construction started1801
Design and construction
Architect(s)Wilhelm Carl Hisner

Gut Holzhausen is an estate and manor house (Gut) in Holzhausen, part of Nieheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The present buildings of the estate, which goes back to the 14th century, were mostly built in the 19th century. The estate is a listed monument. It is used for biodynamic farming, and also a venue of community events, such as a culture festival called Voices.

History and architecture

The first building was a moated castle from 1312, which was owned from 1484 by the von der Borch family.[1] It consisted of a manor house and a Vorburg. Documented from 1483, the Borch family [de] was resident on the estate, given as a fief of Bishop Simon III zur Lippe [de], the head of the Diocese of Paderborn.[1]

Some of the present buildings date back to the 16th century.[2] When the moated castle was destroyed by a fire, the Borch family erected a manor house in Neoclassical style, built from 1801 to 1809 by Wilhelm Carl Hisner, an architect from Kassel, within the former moat.[1]

Close to the manor house are four stables. The estate is well preserved and a listed monument. It is still used as a farm, following the standards of the Demeter organisation for biodynamic agriculture.[2] It is also a venue of community events, such as a Christmas market, school theatre festivals and a regular culture festival called Voices.[2]

In 1999, the film Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile by Jobst Oetzmann was filmed on the premises and in the area.[3] The 2018 Voices festival opened with a concert of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, soprano Sara Hershkowitz singing songs by Richard Strauss.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Entry on Wasserburg Holzhausen in EBIDAT, the databank of the European Castles Institute
  2. ^ a b c "Gut Holzhausen" (in German). Voices. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ Drehorte: Gut Holzhausen Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine (in German) retrieved 17 November 2015)
  4. ^ "Richard Strauss / Sechs Lieder". Schott Music (in German). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Und auf uns sinkt des Glückes stilles Schweigen". netzschafftkultur.de (in German). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.