Bischofshof (Regensburg)

The beer garden in the Bischofshof

Information board in the bishop's court

The Bischofshof is the former episcopal residence in Regensburg . Today it is used as a hotel, restaurant and beer garden.

history

The oldest part of the building is in the south-east wing, which today houses the Cathedral Treasury Museum. It dates from the construction time of the previous building of the Regensburg Cathedral . The origins of the Bischofshof brewery of the same name are just as old , as the beer for the cathedral builders was supplied from here. The construction of the Bishop's Court was completed in the 1560s under Bishop David Kölderer von Burgstall (1567–79). The bishop's court later served as accommodation for participants in the Perpetual Reichstag . In 1810 the bishop's court was secularized and sold.

In 1852 the building came back into ecclesiastical ownership. Since then, the restaurant and brewery have been based here. The production facilities were relocated to the west of the city in 1910.

Today the building is used as a hotel .

Furnishing

A special feature is the Porta Praetoria of the Roman fort , which was included in the construction of the episcopal brewery, although parts of the gate were also destroyed. In 1885 the facility was rediscovered and in 1887 the now visible state was restored.

In one room there was a painting by Albrecht Altdorfer from 1530 , which was destroyed in a fire and subsequent renovations in 1887/88 and is now only preserved in museum fragments.

The Dalberg room (after Karl Theodor von Dalberg ) should also be mentioned, in which the secularization of the bishop's court was carried out in 1810. The west gate dates from the 13th century.

Fountain

A fountain has been handed down in the bishop's court as early as the 16th century. The current bronze “Goose Sermon Fountain” in the inner courtyard was built in 1980 by Joseph Michael Neustifter . His fountain figure is based on the fable of the “Goose Sermon”: A fox intended to catch a goose. The geese disappeared immediately when he appeared. So the fox disguised himself as a monk and preached until the geese got tired. Then he managed to catch a goose. The moral of the story: Beware of false preachers.