Wolmirstedt Castle

Upper Bailey

The upper bailey, located on an elevated position in the western part of the complex, was laid out in the Middle Ages on an irregular quadrilateral ground plan. The northeastern corner was probably removed in 1842 for the construction of a new barn in the lower bailey. On the north and west sides and in its center, the upper bailey is undeveloped today. Buildings originally existing here (such as the old house and the keep) were demolished over the course of history.

Palas

However, the palas, built of rubble stone, located on the south side of the upper bailey, has been preserved. The western part of the building is plastered. The roof is designed as a half-hipped roof. The main access to the building and the court is through an annex located on the courtyard side of the western part of the building. A shoulder arch portal leads to a spiral staircase from the Renaissance period.

Large cellar rooms are located beneath the palas. In the western part of the building, there are two cellar floors, each designed as a vault. The upper cellar has window slits to the castle courtyard and is designed as a two-aisled hall with a cross-ribbed vault. It was probably built at the same time as the castle chapel around 1480 in the Late Gothic style. The lower flat-barrel-vaulted cellar floor is windowless. The construction period is unknown.

Under the eastern part of the building, there is only one cellar floor, probably created during the Renaissance conversion, which is referred to as the "entrance hall".

The current building originated around 1480. It was built over the old moat as part of the castle expansion, so that the vaulted cellars are located in the old moat. According to dendrochronological measurements, the building was rebuilt in the years 1566 and 1575 in the Renaissance style.

After the Thirty Years' War, a conversion in the Baroque style took place. In 1702/03, the still existing Renaissance gable was demolished. In 1780, the uppermost floor was removed. A former walkway on the inner side of the castle on the upper floor is also no longer present today.

Castle Chapel

A castle chapel is first mentioned in a document in 1381. The current castle chapel was built in 1480. The chapel is built of brick. The hall is single-nave and comprises three bays. On the west side there is a rectangular projection. On its south side there is an inscription. A walled-up Romanesque portal can be seen in the east wall, above which a subsequently inserted founder's coat of arms is located. The coat of arms, dated 1480, is the coat of arms of Archbishop Ernst.

During the expansion of the castle between 1575 and 1583, and around 1630, the volute gables on the east and west sides were created. After 1765, damaged cross-ribbed vaults were demolished.

Lower Bailey

Tenant's House

In the lower bailey, located east of the upper bailey, the event center of the castle estate, now used as the "Katharinensaal", has been preserved. The building, erected in the Baroque style in 1773 and 1774, is two-story with eleven axes and a half-hipped roof.

Barn

The former barn has also been preserved. It is built of rubble stone.

Currently, the Wolmirstedt branch of the Haldensleben District Court is housed in the palas. The local history museum is now located in the former manor house of the collegiate estate.