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202:) for the town of Brunswick, the lords of Saldern carried out raids in the surrounding area between 1379 and 1382. In 1379 Aschwin attacked a baggage train of goods wagons with 17 tonnes of herrings. The booty was carried off to Lichtenberg castle with the enforced assistance of the escort. As well as Aschwin, other
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occupied the castle, such as Jan and
Borchhard von Saldern, Sieverd von Broistede and Kord von dem Steinberge. In 1388, after Lichtenberg Castle had returned to the possession of the Brunswick dukes, the lords of Saldern were once again given the castle as a fief. Between 1390 and 1396 Duke Frederick
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there is a number of artefacts that bear witness to the family. The pulpit of the church was sponsored by Jakob
Friedrich von Saldern (born 18 April 1658, died 24 December 1698) after the death of his wife, Ottilie Elisabeth von Bismarck (1659–1695). The pulpit is decorated with the coats of arms of
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Lauenstein. The brothers refused the order in view of the aforementioned treaty. They also demanded 3,000 guilders from the bishop to pay for their investment in fortifications, a demand which the bishop in turn refused to pay. Various negotiations followed that finally led, on 15 March 1518, to
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Burchard von Saldern (born 1568, died 29 December 1635), built the chapel in the castle courtyard. In 1613, before the onset of the Thirty Years' War, he had the Wilsnack hour bells cast for the Church of the Precious Blood in
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to the old town of
Brandenburg at the instigation of the humanist, headmaster and town lawyer, Zacharias Garcaeus, whom she had befriended. The background to this donation was the fact that the Old Grammar School
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Salderns, that had been in force since 1497, would not be revoked during the lifetime of Heinrich von Saldern. After his death, the fief would transfer exclusively to the episcopal administration.
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renewed the enfeoffment of castle and court to the lords of
Saldern. In the 15th century, however, they were apparently driven from the castle, because other families are named as the castle advocates (
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had to vacate it against his will. Following his departure, the bishop provisioned his castles at
Steuerwald and Peine with food and munitions as a precaution.
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castle belonged to
Brunswick. Henry of Saldern had the castle remodelled in 1579/80. In 1687, Adam Arnold von Bocholtz bought the Henneckenrode estate.
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Heinrich von Saldern enfeoffed their family seat to Statius von MĂĽnchhausen. In the 18th century,
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on both sides. Underneath is a relief with a portrayal of von Saldern bearing arms. The epitaph to the left of the organ commemorates the Prussian
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In 1273 records show that court jurisdiction was exercised in the castle. In 1299, Aschwin von Salder was named as the judge and bailiff (
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of Lauenstein from his father. That same year, however, Bishop John, dismissed the three sons of Heinrich von Saldern from the castle and
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Several fights ensued, the conflict eventually escalating into a statewide issue. On 5 July 1518 Burchard razed
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to West Germany. Their estate at Plattenburg was divided up in the wake of the post-1945 land reform in the
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of Lauenstein by Easter. However, because Burchard refused to accept the repayment of the pledge sum (
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Borchert von Salder do bekand; dat ick hebbe jedan duĂźen Brand; dat bekenne ick mit meiner Hand.
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