Burg Scheventorf, Cultural heritage castle in Bad Iburg, Germany.
Burg Scheventorf is a former moated castle and knight's estate in Bad Iburg, with a Renaissance main building erected around 1552. A half-timbered connecting wing between the main house and the former prison tower dates from that period and is considered the oldest surviving half-timbered structure in the Osnabrück region. The von Hake coat of arms is set at the entrance.
The Scheventorf family, documented in Osnabrück records from 1252, gave the castle its name. In 1365 Johann von Scheventorf sold it to Lubbert van Budde, who resold it the same year to Ludwig von Hake. Johann von Hake and his wife Sidonie von Dincklage built the present Renaissance structure in 1552. In 1662 the castle was sold to Georg Christoph von Hammerstein, and in 1664 it was exchanged for Gesmold.
The coat of arms at the entrance belongs to the von Hake family, who shaped the Renaissance construction and supported the Reformation in the region. Visitors can still see traces of this connection in the details of the estate today.
The castle grounds are currently in private ownership and used for agricultural purposes, making them inaccessible to the public. Visitors should respect the private property and view the site from outside only.
The legend of Anna von Hake, walled up alive in the castle during the Thirty Years' War over an unequal liaison, is recorded in a 1924 historical novel by the priest and writer Bernhard Köster. No physical trace of her is documented at the site.
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