A castle complex stood on the site of today's Amtshof in the Middle Ages. After several destructions and alterations, the building took on its present form. The Amtshof was the administrative seat of the Drosten and Amtmänner of the Amt Bruchhausen and is now privately owned. An outside tour is possible.
Amtshof Bruchhausen - fateful letters of the Guelph princess Sophie Dorothea
Sophie Dorothea was the only daughter and heiress of the Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg Georg Wilhelm Prince of Lüneburg (1624-1705). The Amtshof in Bruchhausen was her parents' hunting lodge. Sophie Dorothea often stayed here during the hunting season and wrote longing letters to her lover Count Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck in the 1690s. He was a colonel at court.
In 1682, Sophie Dorothea married her cousin Prince Ludwig Georg of Hanover for political reasons and to expand her sphere of influence. The couple had two children: Georg August in 1683 and Sophie Dorothea in 1687.
When the affair with her lover came to light, the princess was divorced in 1694 and banished to Ahlden Castle for the rest of her life. She went down in history as the "Princess of Ahlden". She died there at the age of sixty after 31 years in captivity. Her lover disappeared without a trace.
Sophie Dorothea could have become Queen of England without her love affair, as her divorced husband became Elector of Hanover and King of England as George I in 1714. Their son George August succeeded his father to the English throne as George II in 1727. In 1706, daughter Sophie Dorothea married the Elector of Brandenburg and later King of Prussia, Frederick William I. She had a total of 14 children with him. In 1712, she gave birth to a boy who, as the eldest surviving son, was crowned King Frederick II and went down in world history as "Frederick the Great".
Amtshof Bruchhausen - fateful letters of the Guelph princess Sophie Dorothea
Sophie Dorothea was the only daughter and heiress of the Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg Georg Wilhelm Prince of Lüneburg (1624-1705). The Amtshof in Bruchhausen was her parents' hunting lodge. Sophie Dorothea often stayed here during the hunting season and wrote longing letters to her lover Count Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck in the 1690s. He was a colonel at court.
In 1682, Sophie Dorothea married her cousin Prince Ludwig Georg of Hanover for political reasons and to expand her sphere of influence. The couple had two children: Georg August in 1683 and Sophie Dorothea in 1687.
When the affair with her lover came to light, the princess was divorced in 1694 and banished to Ahlden Castle for the rest of her life. She went down in history as the "Princess of Ahlden". She died there at the age of sixty after 31 years in captivity. Her lover disappeared without a trace.
Sophie Dorothea could have become Queen of England without her love affair, as her divorced husband became Elector of Hanover and King of England as George I in 1714. Their son George August succeeded his father to the English throne as George II in 1727. In 1706, daughter Sophie Dorothea married the Elector of Brandenburg and later King of Prussia, Frederick William I. She had a total of 14 children with him. In 1712, she gave birth to a boy who, as the eldest surviving son, was crowned King Frederick II and went down in world history as "Frederick the Great".
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Amtshof 2 Bruchhausen
Amtshof 2
27305 Bruchhausen-Vilsen
