Cobenzlschlösschen

Baroque Cobenzl castle in Eichstätt (with later additions)

The Cobenzlschlösschen is a late Baroque pleasure palace in Eichstätt in the Eichstätt district of the same name in Upper Bavaria . The complex also includes a garden pavilion and a small park. The castle is located at Ingolstädter Straße 32 and is registered as a monument under the identification number D-1-76-123-88 .

history

Memorial stone in honor of Count Ludwig Cobenzl near the palace, donated by Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch zu Bolheim ; Inscription:"L. COBENZL Dedicated
to the founder of this complex as a
permanent memorial by his freind
W. HOMPESCH
1789 “

Eichstaett had Domkapitular Ludwig Graf Cobenzl in addition to his townhouse from 1776 on the edge of the city today named after him baroque castle, which consisted of an oval central structure with two small wings and a garden with a standing above the small castle walled garden pavilion. This complex was built between 1730 and 1740 by Gabriel de Gabrieli as a pleasure palace for the Episcopal Oberstjägermeister Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Katzenelnbogen . Beginning in 1784, Cobenzl expanded the terraced garden behind the castle on the sloping hillside of the Altmühltal into a park that extended further to the east, had another wooden (now defunct) pavilion built and made the complex accessible to the public. A memorial stone attached to the stairway to Frauenberg in 1792 commemorates Cobenzl. In the palace and garden he arranged balls and picnics , to which he also invited non-noble officials, in order to reduce class differences in the interests of the Illuminati . He also made his library, well stocked with scientific and philosophical works, available to anyone interested.

After secularization , the castle was converted into a beer business from 1810 and a long wing was added. From 1864 the gasworks of the city of Eichstätt operated by an Augsburg stock corporation stood on the former Cobenzl site for a century . Since 1988 the department for the preservation of art and cultural property of the city and the district office has been housed in the castle.

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Eichstätt

Web links

Commons : Cobenzlschlösschen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lustschlößchen with garden pavilion (Cobenzl-Schlößchen) , website www.eichstaett.de
• Cobenzlschlösschen on altmuehltaltipps.de

literature

• Arr .: Alexander Freiherr von Reitzenstein, H. Brunner: Reclams Art Guide: Architectural Monuments. Bavaria. Volume 3 , Philipp Reclam Jun., Stuttgart 1960, p. 244

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '13.7 "  N , 11 ° 11' 6.8"  E