Krenkinger Castle

The Krenkinger Schloss , also called Krenkinger Schlössle , is a castle in Engen in the Baden-Württemberg district of Konstanz . It is located in the south of the old town of Engen.

history

The first written reference is found in a Hewener Urbar of the 15th century, where a "located on Engen (s) closed Krenkingen" is mentioned. A predecessor building from the High Middle Ages may have stood at this point . About the early owners of the castle and a possible connection to the in Unterklettgau based Lords of Krenkingen little is known. Around 1494, Engen and with it the castle fell to Heinrich V von Lupfen . Heraldic stones are evidence of extensive renovations between 1536 and 1555, including the creation of the stair tower and the addition of the south wing. During the Thirty Years War , the castle was set on fire by Swedish and Hohentwiel soldiers in 1640 , after which the north wing was rebuilt a little lower. On May 3, 1800, French troops looted and devastated the castle, which at that time was probably already in decline. From 1814 there were plans to set up office rooms and prison cells in the castle. In the 1820s the castle was the official residence of the prince-Fürstenberg superintendent Carl Friedrich Eckhard, father of the later entrepreneur and politician Carl Eckhard , who was born in the castle in 1822. After it was sold by the von Fürstenbergs in 1829, the castle was used by an innkeeper as a warehouse and summer inn. In 1891 it was acquired by the Baden state, which set up grand ducal offices here over the next two years. In more recent years, the building housed the police station and a notary's office; after extensive renovation in 2001, the forestry office is located here.

description

The core building consists of two wings, a three-story south wing and a two-story north wing, which was given its current shape when it was expanded in the 1890s. At the same time, the formerly angular stair tower between the two wings was replaced by a round tower. Formerly, the core building was surrounded by several outbuildings, including a residential tower standing free in front of the north wing and timber-framed farm buildings.

literature

Arthur Hauptmann: Castles then and now - castles and castle ruins in southern Baden and neighboring areas . Verlag Südkurier, Konstanz 1984, ISBN 3-87799-040-1 , pp. 82-84.
Michael Losse, Hans Noll: castles, palaces, fortresses in Hegau. Defense buildings and aristocratic residences in the western Lake Constance area (= Hegau Library 109). Michael Greuter Verlag, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-938566-05-1 , pp. 77-78.
Petra Wichmann: The “Krenkinger Schlössle” in Engen. A city palace that shapes the landscape and has many owners. In: Monument Preservation in Baden-Württemberg , 36th year 2007, issue 2, pp. 90–97 ( PDF )

Web links

Commons : Krenkinger Schloss - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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