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Gothic defence tower made of brick; the last remaining tower of the city fortifications, which were largely demolished in 1838. Instead of the rooms previously used for this purpose in a city gate, it was converted into a prison. The new masonry can be seen in the pointed arch on the city side, which takes up almost the entire height of the building. In front of it is the executioner's house, a half-timbered building built in 1553.

Beautiful half-timbered house in Verden: https://www.landkreis-verden.de/info/poi/scharfrichterhaus-7000654-20680.html

The mausoleum at the end of the circular walk is not to be missed! Decades ago it served as an elephant house (1959-1965). At that time, the Etelser Zoo attracted many visitors from the surrounding area, including Bremen.

The Archbishop of Bremen from the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf met Gertrud von Hermeling-Heimbruch here in 1612, on the knight's seat of her husband Heinrich Corlehake Hermeling. In 1613, the year before his death, Heinrich bequeathed the previously free estate to the sovereign; in return, Johann Friedrich appointed the lord of the manor as the bailiff of the offices of Thedinghausen and Langwedel. After his death, the Archbishop built the manor house as a befitting residence for his widow, his now lover. However, Gertrud died on March 16, 1620, while construction was still underway. The two-storey brick building is characterised by three widely projecting risalites or projections on the main façade. The middle one contains a spiral staircase, while the side ones belong to a slightly later construction phase, as can be seen from the construction seams. Richly decorated gables, frames and pilaster strips made of sandstone structure the unplastered exterior surfaces.

A great destination

The park behind it is even more worthwhile than the building.

The castle was built in 1886 by the von Heimbruch brothers under the direction of the architect Karl Hantelmann from Hanover; The mausoleum was built in 1873 by the famous architect C.W. Haase from Hanover. After the Verden district restored the castle, which was built in the Renaissance style of the Wilhelminian era, the mausoleum was also restored.

A beautiful place with a historical ambience for those who want to get married.