Vienenburg Castle

The Vienenburg is the ruin of a hilltop castle on a ridge at 165 m above sea level near Vienenburg in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony.

After Bishop Siegfried II had the Harliburg besieged and razed in 1291, the Count of Wernigerode built the Vienenburg in 1306 with its stones. The Counts sold it to Bishop Gerhard in 1367. In 1523, it came into the possession of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Wallenstein conquered Wiedelah from here in 1626. From 1643 to 1802, it belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim. For his services to the Prince-Bishopric, the office of Vienenburg was transferred to Field Marshal Johannes Ernst Freiherr von Reuschenberg zu Setterich in 1647. Until approximately 1720, the office and title of Drost zu Vienenburg were inherited within the von Reuschenberg family. Some of their sons lived more frequently at Vienenburg Castle than at their ancestral castle, Setterich Castle. However, during its affiliation with Prussia, the castle fell into disrepair, and its stones were used to build manor house buildings. Remains of the keep and the former palas are still present.