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Beverungen Castle
Beverungen Castle is a partially preserved moated castle on the Weser river in Beverungen in the district of Höxter.
To secure shipping on the Weser, the Bishop of Paderborn began construction of the moated castle in 1332.
In 1632, the castle was almost completely destroyed by the Hessians, and reconstruction began in 1650. In 1860, it fell to the Count of Metternich and was destroyed a short time later. In 1914, restoration began again.
In 1986, a chair museum was established in the castle (since 2004 in Lauenförde). Today, the castle is owned by the city of Beverungen.
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The formerly moated, square castle complex, with a footprint of approx. 12 by 20 meters, consists of a five-story, 27-meter-high rectangular residential tower (keep) made of quarry stone with a high sandstone roof and half-timbered gable extension with flat floor cornice bands.
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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: Jörg Heldt
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