Blue Wonder (Wächtersbach)

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The Blue Wonder (also known as Kinzighausen Castle ) is a former castle complex in the Kinzig Valley between Aufenau and Neudorf , the districts of Wächtersbach in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .

Map with Kinzighausen Castle from 1730 from the Hessian State Archives in Marburg
Today's Hof Kinzighausen, view from the south 2016

history

About two kilometers east of Wächtersbach are the remains of a castle and palace complex in the Kinzigaue. Remnants of ramparts and ditches suggest an earlier moated castle . It is the center of the small lordship of Aufenau, which in 1365 came into the possession of Johann Forstmeister von Gelnhausen as a fief .

Around 1600 a castle was built, which was named "Blue Wonder". The name could go back to a painting of the ornate framework above the sandstone base. Another thesis is based on a strong Kinzig flood that the system survived intact.

The property included a large economic area in forced labor has been ordered by the subjects of Aufenau and Neudorf. This was a lucrative business for the rulers. When the forest masters von Gelnhausen got into financial difficulties in the 18th century, they leased the complex with all the labor rights. The palace building thus became the seat of the estate leaseholder. In 1782, the forest masters finally sold the facility to Kurmainz . The Kinzighausen estate came in quick succession to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt , the Kingdom of Bavaria and finally to the Electorate of Hesse , with the palace building becoming increasingly dilapidated. In 1800 it was used by the Hessian military to store war equipment, and in 1805 the castle was demolished. The property was divided into 21 lots, which were awarded to Aufenauer and Neudorf farmers.

investment

Little is known about the architecture of the palace complex. It was a massive structure that was surrounded by a moat. After the demolition, the leftovers were used for a tenant house. The associated four-sided Hofgut has been preserved with its outer walls. In addition to the palace building, the palace complex included:

  • Servant House
  • Courtyard house with two carriage houses, four cattle stalls and a bakery on the ground floor
  • Pig yard
  • Grinder with 2 water passages and all accessories
  • Paper mill with water passage and dishes

literature

  • Jürgen Ackermann: From the “Schlößchen Blaues Wunder” to the Hofgut Kinzighausen. In: Gelnhauser Heimat-Jahrbuch 41, 1989, pp. 33–35.
  • Waltraud Friedrich: Cultural monuments in the Main-Kinzig district II.1. Bad Orb, Biebergemünd, Birstein, Brachttal, Freigericht. Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen , Theiss, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8062-2469-6 ( Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ), pp. 911–913.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 385.
  • Martin Schäfer, Heimatbuch des Kreis Gelnhausen , published by the district administration Gelnhausen, 1950

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knappe p. 385
  2. ↑ "Church leaders of the Catholic parish church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Aufenau", Ed. Franz Koska, 2005
  3. ↑ Jürgen Ackermann: From “Schlößchen Blaues Wunder” to Hofgut Kinzighausen. In: Gelnhäuser Heimat-Jahrbuch 41, 1989, p. 33.
  4. ↑ List after Waltraud Friedrich: Cultural monuments in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis II.1. Bad Orb, Biebergemünd, Birstein, Brachttal, Freigericht. Theiss, Stuttgart 2011, p. 913

Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 30.8 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 11.3 ″  E