The former Jagdschloss Baum (Baum Hunting Lodge) is a small ''
Schloss
''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house.
Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cognate ...
'' near
Bückeburg
Bückeburg (Northern Low Saxon: ''Bückeborg'') is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It is located in the district of Schaumburg close to the northern slopes of the Weserbergland ridge. Population: 21,0 ...
along the road to Lahde in the
Schaumburg Forest
The Schaumburg Forest (german: Schaumburger Wald) is a wooded region, about with an area of around 40 km², in the district of Schaumburg in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
Location
The Schaumburg Forest lies immediately east of ...
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Jagdschloss Baum was built between 1760 and 1761 by
Count Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe and is considered a prime example of late Baroque Classicism. An English landscape garden with a small pond adjoins the lodge. Just beyond the pond is a
grotto
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flanked by two
portals. These early Baroque portals were installed in 1758 and were probably created between 1604 and 1606 for the
Bückeburg Palace's first-floor great hall.
In 1776, Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe built a
step pyramid
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family mausoleum in the park near the lodge. Its entrance consists of an eastern-facing
portico
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portal
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* Portal (architecture), an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, or the extremities (ends) of a tunnel
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. Originally, ornamental plants were placed along the pyramid's stepped sides. The mausoleum was situated initially in a hedge garden which was later converted into a wooded park with alleyways.
[Sascha Winter: ''Grabmalkultur und Gartenkunst um 1800.'' In: Grabkultur in Deutschland. Berlin 2009, , S. 50-51]
The lodge owes its name to a tollgate (''Schlag''baum) located not far from the border of the small ''Fürstentum'' (principality) where the toll was collected.
Today, the hunting lodge serves as the conference and recreation center for the
''Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippes Protestant youth group, ''Evangelische Jugend'', as well as an educational center offering seminars, lectures, and holiday and weekend programs. A dining hall, common room, kitchen, and dormitories in the lodge's upper story are used to accommodate the various functions. An adjacent building, constructed after the hunting lodge, provides additional lodging for up to 40 guests.
References
English article is a translation of the German Wikipedia article.
External links
Schloss Baum on the Bückeburg town website
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Manor houses in Germany
Buildings and structures in Schaumburg