The original Saxon territory was conquered by Charlemagne. Since then it belonged to the Diocese of Paderborn and to 1021 to the county of Warburg. A certificate in the State Archives of Münster from the Liber vitae of the monastery Corvey mentions Trendelburg, “Drendelborch” in the 13th century.
The counts of Schöneberg dominated until 1306 the area of Hofgeismar in the south to Deisel in the north. Konrad III of Schöneberg (1249 – 1311) built the castle Trendelburg on a sandstone rock in an exposed place. Here, important trade routes crossed the Ford via the Diemel. Konrad committed himself to the Archbishop of Mainz from Atonement 1303 to military service. Shortly thereafter he lost his castle to the Diocese of Paderborn in battle. In 1306 peace was closed Trendelburg Common Office and Court of the Diocese of Paderborn and the Hessian count Heinrich I. The widow Maria von Schöneberg sold 1429 fief and these historic premises to the Hessian counties. After a long war with Paderborn, Trendelburg 1465 finally got into Hessian possession under Landgrave Ludwig II and received 1472 from him the city rights granted.
In the Thirty Years ‘ War (1618 – 1648), the army of Tillys repeatedly stormed the Protestant Trendelburg and burned the place down. The plague raged among the inhabitants. After the end of the war, Landgrave Karl extended the main building and built the castle into a fortified hunting lodge.
In the Seven Years ‘ War (1756 – 1763), French troops first occupied the castle under Colonel Pereuse. A bitter fight against the army of Duke Ferdinand, in which the castle was fired with mortars and guns, led to the defeat of the 300 defenders.
The important offices such as Rentamt and court were relocated in the 19th century. So the castle lost its meaning so far. It served as the seat of the Prussian forestry office.
1901 bought the family Adalbert von Stockhausen, whose ancestors in Wülmersen and in the manor have been associated with the Trendelburgs for centuries, the castle and set it up as a castle.
1949 began the conversion to the Burghotel. A restaurant area was built between the Western Wall and the main house and hotel rooms were furnished from the first floor to the attic. A corner tower with a truss tower at the main gate was extended to the wedding towers.
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