Bruchhausen Manor

Altbruchhausen Castle, demolished in 1775, also called a castle since 1620 (of Countess Katharina von Hoya), was the seat of the Counts of Oldenburg-Bruchhausen from the 13th century. At that time, the offices of Alt- and Neubruchhausen were founded. The administrative building in Neubruchhausen was demolished in 1749. In 1758, both offices came together under a common administration with its seat in Altbruchhausen. In 1813, both offices united to form the Bruchhausen office. In 1867, the offices of Hoya, Syke and Bruchhausen formed the district of Hoya.

The two-story, eleven-axis, eaves-side, brick-faced, classical administrative building with a hip roof, two striking dormer windows, many gables and a rear bay window, as well as 1000 m² of usable space, was built in 1775 on the site of the castle at the instigation of the Electorate of Hanover for the two offices. It served the First Administrative Officer (Drost or Amtmann) as an official and residential seat. In 1884, the Bruchhausen administrative area was assigned to the new Hoya district, but the district court remained at the Amtshof in the newly built building in 1897. The district judges and other judicial officers now lived in the administrative building. After the Bruchhausen district court was dissolved in 1973, the administrative building also lost its previous function as a residence.

In 1978, the house was therefore sold by the municipality to the dentist Günther Oerding († 2016) and was to be auctioned around 2019. In 1775, the administrative clerk's house for the Second Administrative Officer was built at the Amtshof; later the seat of the Meliorationsgesellschaft, then the Spar- und Darlehnskasse and then used as a residential building Schöne Reihe 20 with a doctor's practice. An outbuilding also erected in 1775 was demolished in 1938; a wall of it still stands southwest of the Amtshof. The building Amtshof 1 was built in 1897 and was the district court until 1973 and then a police station.