Landestrost Castle
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Landestrost Castle is a castle
in the Weser renaissance
style that was built between 1573-84 in Neustadt am Rübenberge
in the north German state of Lower Saxony
. Integrated into fortifications, together with the town, it developed into an urban fortress typical of the 16th century. The castle was the representative residence and administrative headquarters of its master, Duke Eric II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. During the construction period from 1574 he renamed the town of Neustadt as Landestrost, something which was reverted after his death in 1584.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
in the Weser renaissance
Weser Renaissance
Weser Renaissance is a form of Renaissance architectural style that is found in the area around the River Weser in central Germany and which has been well-preserved in the towns and cities of the region.- Background :...
style that was built between 1573-84 in Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At 357 km², it is the 9th largest settlement in Germany by area , though only about 45,000 inhabitants live there...
in the north German state of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
. Integrated into fortifications, together with the town, it developed into an urban fortress typical of the 16th century. The castle was the representative residence and administrative headquarters of its master, Duke Eric II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. During the construction period from 1574 he renamed the town of Neustadt as Landestrost, something which was reverted after his death in 1584.
Sources
- Veronica Albrink: „Große Pracht führen über Vermögen …“. Die Bauten und die Finanzen Erichs des Jüngeren von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1546-1584); in: Der Weserraum zwischen 1500 und 1650. Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur in der frühen Neuzeit, hrsg. vom Institut für Architektur-, Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte in Nord- und Westdeutschland beim Weserrenaissance-Museum Schloss Brake, Marburg 1993, ISBN 3-89445-138-6
- Wolfgang Kunze: Leben und Bauten Herzog Erichs II. von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Katalog zur historischen Ausstellung im Schloss Landestrost, Neustadt am Rübenberge; Hannover 1993
- Burkhard Rühling: Festung und Schloß Landestrost, eine "Architectura militaris" - und "civilis" der Renaissance zu Neustadt am Rübenberge, Hannover 1988, Dissertation
- Ernst Andreas Friedrich: Wenn Steine reden könnten, Band II, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7842-0479-1