Dörnberg Palace

Dörnberg Palace

The Dörnbergpalais (Kumpfmühler Straße No. 2) is surrounded by the Dörnbergpark in the southwest area of ​​the old town of Regensburg on the arterial road to the suburb of Kumpfmühl .

history

In Regensburg, after 1799, the Fürst-Anselm-Allee was laid out around the southern old town . On the southern edge of this green belt, after 1800, citizens and diplomats at the Perpetual Reichstag began to buy garden plots and build garden villas. On the western edge of the avenue, on the road to Augsburg and Munich that began there - today's Kumpfmühlerstraße - was the so-called Schereracker. This property was bought by the Jewish banker and court factor of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis , Philipp Reichenberger, and today's Dörnberg Palace was built here between 1804 and 1806. The architect was Emanuel Herigoyen , who had already built other buildings in Regensburg ( Thon-Dittmer-Palais , Regensburg City Theater , Württembergisches Palais ). The Thurn und Taxis construction director Joseph Sorg took over the execution and construction management.

The plant came from Reichenberger's widow in 1823 to the wholesaler Ludwig Paul von Axter. In 1832 he sold his property to Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg (see also Dörnberg (noble family) ), a brother-in-law of Prince Maximilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis . In 1834, Count Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg had the two side wings of the palace enlarged and connected to the main building with corridors in order to make the building more usable for his sick sister, Princess Wilhelmine von Thurn und Taxis .

The unmarried son of Count Ernst Friedrich, Count Ernst von Dörnberg, lived very withdrawn in the palace after the death of his father († 1878). He brought together a large fortune through economic skill. After his death, he left the assets to the Graflich von Dörnberg'schen Orphan Fund Foundation, which is still active.

Building description

The palace is a three-part complex with a central building and two originally free-standing side wings that were previously used as coach houses. A small portico on the front has the shape of an arbor . Two Doric columns support the entablature and a triangular pediment. The ground floor is designed as a basement with low semicircular windows. On the first floor there is a large arched door to the balcony. The windows are provided with straight roofs and shutters. A strong cornice closes the mezzanine from the bel étage . The palace is surrounded by the Dörnbergpark .

Todays use

The law firm of Schenk, Dr. Münch and Schulz as well as Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH.

literature

• Karl Bauer : Regensburg. Art, culture and everyday history (6th expanded and improved edition, pp. 595–597). MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN = 978-3-86646-300-4.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 595-597 .
2. ↑ Locations of the Gerresheimer Group ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 56.1 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 17.6 ″  E