Adolphsbühl Castle

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Adolphsbühl Castle
Historicized tower house of the former castle

Historicized tower house of the former castle

Alternative name (s): today Adolphsbühl Castle, previously also Adolphsbühl, Alolsbach, Allesburg
Creation time : around 1008
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: preserved as a lock
Standing position : Noble
Place: Gemünden am Main - Adelsberg
Geographical location 50 ° 2 '2.5 "  N , 9 ° 44' 15.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 2 '2.5 "  N , 9 ° 44' 15.9"  E
Height: 240  m above sea level NN
Adolphsbühl Castle (Bavaria)
Adolphsbühl Castle

The castle Adolphsbühl even lock Adolphsbühl called, is a former moated castle belonging to a castle on the "Adelsberg" between the Main and the Wern , in what is now the district Adelberg southeast of the city Gemünden am Main in Lower Franconia district of Main-Spessart in Bavaria was rebuilt .

history

The castle's long history is largely unknown. In 1008 the first castle was built by the brothers Adolf and Reinhard von Hohenberg and was later mentioned as Alolsbach, Allesberg and Allesburg . Reinhard built Homburg near Gössenheim to the east in 1028 .

In 1222, Adolf von Hohenberg, the last of his line, dies. In 1240 Valentin von Blofelden, Adolf von Hohenburg's son-in-law, inherits the castle.

According to other statements, the castle and lands passed to a younger line of Hohenbergers, including Dietrich von Hohenberg, who was employed here as a servant by the Archbishop of Mainz in 1333 and was allowed to use the castle as an open house .

In 1515 Dietrich von Blofelden was master of Adolphsbühl Castle, which was destroyed in the course of the Peasants' War in 1525 and then rebuilt. In 1625, through marriage, the Diemarsburg and its protective Jews came into the possession of the Lords of Burg Adolphsbühl and was vacant from then on. Only one year later, in 1626, the complex got an additional castle-like residential building by Hans von Schreibersdorf , which was rebuilt in the course of the 19th century. In 1688 Maria Barbara von Buttlar was named as the new lady of the castle. Twelve years later it belongs to a Baron von Schütz. From 1719 to 1735 the castle complex was extensively rebuilt, including the construction of a servants' house facing the street in 1720 . In 1745, Oberamtmann von Hettersdorf bought the castle and estate. Another five years later, Carl Reinhard Freiherr von Drachsdorf became the new owner. His time is associated with most of the changes to the palace complex: in 1752 he had the old, completely run-down palace from 1626 torn down and rebuilt, as you can see today with small changes. In 1842 the castle was sold to private, the high school councilor H. Jäger from Kassel. In the following years the castle changed hands several times. In 1925, the plant finally came to the business owner Fritz Schmitt-Prym . In 1931 the castle was sold to Adalberta Derleth , who manufactures herbs and teas . The property, around 250 hectares of fields, forest and meadows that belonged to the estate were divided up and sold. In 1959 the castle again got a new owner, Edgar Gäck . He opened a leather goods factory there. In 1975 the property with the remains of the castle park went to the Stein family. In 2014, the Priesemann family from Frankfurt acquired the property, which, in addition to private use as a gallery, expanded it for overnight stays and events, making it more accessible to the public again.

Building description

The mansion

Castle Adolphsbühl still has one of the street to the rear located on a farm five to three-axle housing (probably the former Palas ) as a two-storey Satteldachbau with stepped gables in plaster walls with geohrten Sandsteinrahmungen that over the staircase and the gable ornate entrance door with small sandstone crest large with the date 1626. The building underwent major historicization changes in the 19th century. To the south on the gable side there is a two-storey canopy, the slightly protruding part on the first floor has a crenellated frieze . The opposite gable side adorns a bay window on the first floor . A dormer protruding far above the entrance, also with a stepped gable. In the dormer and in the gable ends Gothic pointed arch windows as a biforium (lancet twin windows).

Today's outbuildings date from the 18th century. The crenellated tower is said to have been built in the 19th century.

The residential tower facing the street is a three-storey square quarry stone building with a crenellated wreath and an adjoining crenellated gate, neo-Gothic and probably dates from the 19th century. It was probably built over an older building. In the courtyard there is a romantic sandstone column with a cube capital . On the road near the entrance standing two-storey stone building with unplastered broken gable roof and geohrten Sandsteinrahmungen a great succinct is sandstone - arms towards Hofeingangsseite. The house is also known as the Vogthaus. The original figures from 1720 that stood in the castle park are no longer preserved.

Todays use

The property is privately owned. Exhibitions, readings and markets are organized. Furthermore, the tower and the annex are used as a café, for overnight stays and for celebrations.

See also

The buildings of the castle complex are architectural monuments based on the Bavarian Monument Protection Act of October 1, 1973 (see list of architectural monuments in Adelsberg ).

literature

  • Walter Schilling: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia . 1st edition. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03516-7 , pp. 314-315.
  • Bernd Wirthmann: Adelsberg. 1008-2008. History (s) of a village and its inhabitants . Club ring Adelsberg IG 1000-year celebration, Gemünden am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-981-23920-1

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chronicle of Adelsberg , website of the city of Gemünden am Main, accessed on November 9, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Weddings and Café in the Adelsberger Schlösschen . In: mainpost.de . March 13, 2015 ( mainpost.de [accessed January 24, 2017]).
  3. ^ History of Schloss Adolphsbühl , on www.burgen-und-schloesser.net , accessed on November 9, 2016
  4. ↑ ART in the blue house: exhibitions - readings - café - holidays - and more ... Accessed on January 24, 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Burg Adolphsbühl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files