Schloss Oldenburg
Schloss Oldenburg (Oldenburg palace) is a
The building now houses part of the
History
The palace is based on a medieval lowland castle that was built around 1100 by the
At the beginning of the 17th century, Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg (1583–1667) planned the conversion of the heavily nested buildings into a regular four-wing complex based on the model of Italian city palazzi. In 1607 master builder Anton Reinhardt started with the first masonry work. His successor in office from 1609 to 1615 was the architect Andrea Spezza (1580–c. 1628) from Arogno in Ticino, Switzerland. The sculptor Ludwig Münstermann (c. 1575-1638) was involved in the development of the Renaissance-style façade. However, the ambitious project came to a standstill at the latest at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War for cost reasons.
After Anthony Günther's death without a legitimate heir, most of his land fell into the hands of the elder line of the House of Oldenburg, the Danish royal family, who are direct male descendants of Christian I, Count of Oldenburg, elected as King of Denmark in 1448. For more than a hundred years, the county was governed in personal union with Denmark. During this period, a Danish governor resided in the castle. The last remains of the medieval castle had to be removed in the 18th century due to dilapidation. On this occasion, most of the moat was also filled in. In 1744, the Danish government added a simple annexe for the state administration ("chancellery wing") to the core building of Count Anthony Günther.
In 1773, the
By 1894, the palace was the residence of the hereditary
See also
- Counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg
- State Museum for Art and Cultural History
- List of visitor attractions in Oldenburg
References
- ^ "Das Oldenburger Schloss". oldenburg-tourist.de (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Wilhelm Gilly: Die mittelalterlichen Burganlagen zu Oldenburg und Jever. (The medieval castle complexes of Oldenburg and Jever). In: Ringwall und Burg in der Archäologie West-Niedersachsens. (Ring wall and castle in the archeology of western Lower Saxony), editor: Helmut Ottenjann, publisher: Cloppenburg, 1971, p. 81–87
- ^ Michael Reinbold: Das Oldenburger Schloss. Ein Wegweiser zur Baugeschichte und durch die Historischen Räume. (Oldenburg Castle. A guide to the history of the building and through the historic rooms), publisher: Isensee, Oldenburg 2016
External links
- Das Oldenburger Schloss (in German)