DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Niedersachsen	Lower Saxony
Landkreis: Holzminden

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Bevern is situated at an elevation of 138 m in the Weser low mountain region between the Burgberg to the north and the Solling to the south, about 5 km northeast of the district town Holzminden. Bevern has a population of about 3,800 (2021).

Bevern was first mentioned in AD 822/856 in documents of the monastery Corvey. The village obtained the privileges to hold markets in 1703. The Samtgemeinde (collective municipal association) Bevern was formed on 1 January 1973 and also includes Golmbach, Holenberg and Negenborn.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevern_(Landkreis_Holzminden)]

Bevern castle is one of the most important examples of the Weser Renaissance style. It was built in 1603–1612 by Statius of Münchhausen in place of an older manor house. After his death the castle came in possession of Duke August the Younger of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (August II of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel). The widow of Statius of Münchhausen retained the right to live in the castle and stayed there until 1652. Thereafter, the castle remained unused until 1666 when, after lengthy probate disputes, the youngest son of August II, Ferdinand Albrecht I obtained Bevern and thus founded the collateral line of of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, which existed until 1884. In 1713, the line was divided between Ernst Ferdinand (founder of the younger line of Braunschweig-Bevern) and Ferdinand Albrecht II (who in 1734/35 acceded to the throne of Braunschweig). The castle remained the residence of the dukes of Braunschweig-Bevern until 1773; thereafter, it was used only occasionally, and from 1798 was used as a home for retired servants. After the death in 1809 of the last duke of Braunschweig-Bevern, the domains in 1824 came in possession of the duchy of Braunschweig. From 1834 until 1870 it was used as borstal, from 1870 as reformatory for orphans. Between 1933 and 1945 the castle was used nazis first as a sports academy of the SA and then as Wehrmacht barracks. After Worls War II it served first as a US Army detention camp for Russian and Polish prisoners of war and then as camp for displaced persons. In 1949 the castle was handed over to the Braunschweigischer Vereinigter Kloster- und Studienfonds (today Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz). In 1957 the castle was purchased by the municipality of Bevern. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Bevern]

The probably best-known descendant of Statius of Münchhausen is Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Baron of Münchhausen (1720–1797), the famous recounter of tall tales. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Münchhausen_(Adelsgeschlecht); https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Carl_Friedrich_Freiherr_von_Münchhausen]