Schwarzenstein Castle (Geisenheim)

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Schwarzenstein Castle
Schwarzenstein Castle above the Schwarzenstein vineyard

Schwarzenstein Castle above the Schwarzenstein vineyard

Creation time : 1873
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: artificial ruin
Place: Geisenheim-Johannisberg
Geographical location 50 ° 0 '28.5 "  N , 7 ° 58' 40"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '28.5 "  N , 7 ° 58' 40"  E
Height: 212  m above sea level NN
Schwarzenstein Castle (Hesse)
Schwarzenstein Castle

The Castle Black Stone is Geisenheim at 212  m above sea level. NN below the Johannisberg district of Schloßheide on the road to Stephanshausen . It was built as a historicizing artificial ruin of a hilltop castle.

history

From 1874 to 1876, the Frankfurt architect F. Skull built a romantic, artificial castle ruin with a park on behalf of the wine merchant Hermann Mumm (Haus GH von Mumm ) as documentation of the rise of his family, which took place in 1873 as "Mumm von Schwarzenstein". The castle should serve as a summer house as well as have the character of an ancestral home for the Mumm family.

In 1957 Rudolf-August Oetker took over the estate and winery and converted the castle into a restaurant, in 1986 it was leased by Georg and Magdalena Stark, then bought and expanded by a small hotel in 1989.

In 2004 the castle found a new owner, who invested a higher sum in order to carry out a complete modernization. In the course of this, the restaurant and the hotel were also expanded. Today the castle has a Mediterranean flair. Today the hotel is owned by a family foundation.

Todays use

The property, located high above the Rhine Valley , with a view from Wiesbaden to Rüdesheim, serves as a hotel and restaurant for upscale gastronomy. As of March 1st, 2010, Schwarzenstein Castle has 50 room units and 6 conference rooms.

Schwarzenstein Castle was added to the Relais & Châteaux group in 2007. Burg Schwarzenstein has three restaurants, the Grill & Winebar , the Burgrestaurant and the Schwarzenstein - Nils Henkel restaurant .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio , Folkhard Cremer, Ernst Gall: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen 2, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2008 ISBN 978-3-42203117-3 , p. 485

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