Description: Further DetailsTitle: Wewelsburg CastleCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: A Historical and Architectural OverviewISBN-10: 3422022031EAN: 9783422022034ISBN: 9783422022034Publisher: De GruyterRelease Date: 04/23/2018Description: With its triangular floor plan, Wewelsburg Castle occupies an extraordinary position in German architectural history. The castle, which was completed in 1609, incorporates a medieval tower structure. An inscription above the main portal indicates the intentions of its builder, Paderborn’s Prince Bishop Dietrich von Fürstenberg: to assert the interests of sovereignty and realize the aims of the Counter-Reformation within his territory. The dilapidated state of the building in the 19th century inspired Schinkel’s proposal to transform Wewelsburg castle into an artificial ruin, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was moved to make it the subject of some of her ballads. In the Weimar Republic, the Catholic youth movement held interregional events here. In the “Third Reich”, Heinrich Himmler pursued extensive plans to convert the castle into an ideological center of the SS. 1285 prisoners of a specially established concentration camp were murdered during construction. The SS blew up the building in 1945, causing extensive damage. Today, the reconstructed Wewelsburg Castle has resumed its pre-1933 function as a youth hostel, and it is the home of the Historical Museum of the Prince Bishopric of Paderborn. The neighboring guardhouse accommodates the permanent exhibition “Wewelsburg Castle 1933 – 1945, Cult and Terror Center of the SS”, which is also a memorial for concentration camp victims. It will be reopened with a new concept in 2010.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: DEItem Height: 200mmItem Length: 120mmItem Weight: 165gAuthor: Wulff BrebeckGenre: Architecture & AntiquesBook Series: DKV-EditionRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Wewelsburg Castle
Title: Wewelsburg Castle
Subtitle: A Historical and Architectural Overview
ISBN-10: 3422022031
EAN: 9783422022034
ISBN: 9783422022034
Release Date: 04/23/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Genre: Architecture & Antiques
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Name: Wewelsburg Castle : a Historical and Architectural Overview
Language: English
Publisher: DE Gruyter, Inc.
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: General, History / General
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 5.8 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Wulff Brebeck
Subject Area: Art, Architecture
Series: Dkv-Edition Ser.
Item Width: 4.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
