Hornoldendorf Manor

The former Hornoldendorf manor is located in the Detmold district of Hornoldendorf. The manor house from 1840 is registered with the number A629 in the list of monuments of the Lippe town of Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Hornoldendorf estate goes back to a domain that was founded in 1610 by Count Simon VI. Prior to this, he had bought a piece of land from the indebted farmer Hermeler in 1600 and confiscated the farm from the widow of the indebted farmer Meier on 15 May 1600. The third farm was that of the farmer Vogel. An inventory from 20 January 1610 lists the following property: On Meier's farm a dwelling house or outhouse, a sheepfold and a bakehouse, on Vogel's farm a dwelling house and a small house, on Hermeler's farm a dwelling house owned by his daughter, a bakehouse and garden. In addition, there were various lands.
Hans Adam von Hammerstein, whose ancestors came from Hammerstein Castle, was appointed as administrator. Von Hammerstein had the buildings repaired from his own funds and also paid outstanding debts of 1000 thalers. He finally took over the domain in 1614 as hereditary, aristocratic and landtag property. The background was that Count Simon had debts of around 700,000 thalers and von Hammerstein had granted him a loan of 12,000 thalers, which the Count settled with the transfer of the domain. In 1617 he expanded his estate by buying the Schwartze estate in Fromhausen from Count Simon.
After his death in February 1653, the estate passed as an inheritance to his eldest son, whose name was also Hans Adam.

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