The moated castle in Gebhardshagen, built around the year 1000, is one of the oldest in the state of Braunschweig. The original appearance of the castle, which had to be …
The earliest mention of a castle dates back to the 12th century. The buildings of the present castle were erected after the Thirty Years' War and later.
The castle Gebhardshagen is a former moated castle in Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen. With its first documentary mention as castle Hagen 1186 it belongs to the oldest water castles in the Braunschweiger country. After military devastation in 1406 and during the Thirty Years War, the plant was rebuilt in each case. In the 16th century, it became a ducal court and official residence. After the castle had lost its military importance, it served from the mid-17th century to 1986 as an agricultural domain.