Breitenburg

Width Castle is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig- Holstein. The width Castle and the Temple of Nordoe located in the municipality.

• 4.1 Coat of Arms

Geography and transport

Width castle is located about four kilometers southeast of Itzehoe at the sturgeon; the district Nordoe located south of Itzehoe. At the Breitenburger ferry the provincial road 116 crosses the sturgeon. South of the village, the Federal Highway 23 extends from Hamburg to Itzehoe.

History

1526 acquired Johann Rantzau the Geest height by he bought the lands of the monastery Bordesholm in the parish Breiteberg at the sturgeon, which were obliterated by a flood. Here is now the community. Johann Rantzau was here in 1531 its fixed width castle castle building, which was almost continuously since in the possession of the Counts Rantzau. The rule width castle was inherited by his son, the governor Heinrich, while the Good Bothkamp fell to the younger son Paul.

Castle Castle width

In the 16th century the width castle was one of the centers of humanism in northern Germany. 1627 was stormed by Wallenstein and stolen the extensive library. Parts of the castle grounds were burned or destroyed by Wallenstein's troops.

The manor was given its present form in extensive reconstructions in the 19th century and houses the Thorvaldsen Gallery with works by Bertel Thorvaldsen and a library.

Incorporations

On February 1, 1973 part of the neighboring municipality of Münster village was incorporated with at that time more than 100 inhabitants.

Economy

The chalk pit Saturn in which is no longer mined, but which is for the construction of a pumped storage power plant in conversation, lies partly in the municipal area.

Policy

Of the eleven seats in the municipal council voters Community KWG since the local elections 2008 eight seats and the three SPD.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " In red on green beam resting the two blue wave filaments coated silver sign foot, a silver Renaissance castle, consisting provided from four built together, rundbogiger with two rows of windows gabled houses ( the two outer with pointed gables, each with a ridge chimney, the two interior with stepped gables ) and a protruding on trapezoidal ramp, round central tower with an open, rundbogiger door and black onion dome. "

It is believed that the core of the system shown in the emblem, the four together -built three-storey houses, dates from the year 1530 and the construction of Field Marshal Johann Rantzau is due. The expansion of the castle in Renaissance style dates back to Heinrich Rantzau, the son of John, the governor of the Danish king in the duchies was. In this final form, the width of the castle has been preserved on a drawing of 1590 and have been so included in the current coat of arms. The green bar and the silver sign foot symbolize the rampart and the moat.