Prince-Bishop's Residence (Augsburg)
The former prince-bishop's residence is a building complex in the old town of Augsburg . It was the residence of the prince-bishops of Augsburg , whose ecclesiastical area of office was the diocese of Augsburg and whose secular ruling territory was the bishopric of Augsburg .
Built between 1740 and 1752 under Prince Bishop Joseph Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt , the late Baroque building has been the seat of the government of Swabia since 1817 .
The building
The main building originally consisted of three row houses from the Middle Ages including the Palatinate Tower, which was raised in 1507/1508. Already before 1680 under Prince-Bishop Johann Christoph von Freyberg the three parts of the building were combined under Prince-Bishop Joseph Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt according to the plans of the Eichstätter building director Gabriel de Gabrieli to a three-story building with a uniform facade. The main wing of today's residence was rebuilt in 1743 by Johann Benedikt Ettl , the north wing by Franz Xaver Kleinhans in the late baroque style until 1752 . The medieval Palatinate Tower was preserved during these renovations.
The pillared balcony above the magnificent east portal was built between 1784 and 1789 as a reminder of a visit by Pope Pius VI. added in 1782. A south-western extension over the former Palatine Chapel and a guardsman building were built in 1902.
Interior
Grand hallway
The so-called - within the former residence of the Prince Bishop, the representative main staircase was magnificent staircase - by the director of Empire City Art Academy Johann Georg Bergmüller in 1752 frescoed . The painting shows u on the side walls. a. Allegories of the three main rivers of the Augsburg bishopric - Danubius ( Danube ), Lycus ( Lech ) and Vinda ( Wertach ). Between the cartouches of the coat of arms and the client's drawings, there are depictions of the Platonic cardinal virtues in four corner mirrors : Prudentia ( prudence ), Justitia ( justice ), Fortitudo ( bravery ) and Temperantia ( temperance ). Above all monitored from a ceiling "Providentia Divina", the Divine Providence .
Access to the grand hallway
The grand hallway
Ceiling of the grand hallway
Allegory of the Danube
Allegory of the Lech
Allegory of the Wertach
Detail of the ceiling: Episcopius Augustanus
Detail of the ceiling: Landgravi Hassiae
Detail of the ceiling: Abbas Felduariensis
Detail of the ceiling: Josephus
Rococo hall
A small vestibule decorated with putti leads to the Rococo hall , the former table room in the Rococo style from the reign of Bishop Joseph of Hesse-Darmstadt . The eight oil paintings integrated into the wall paneling show contemporary princely people, u. a. the then imperial couple Franz I and Maria Theresa . In the place of the ballroom in the previous building was the room of the Augsburg cathedral chapter , in which the Confessio Augustana , the “Augsburg Confession” of the Lutheran Protestants , was announced on June 25, 1530 .
The Rococo Hall
Emperor Franz I. Stephan
Empress Maria Theresa
Karl Theodor Elector Palatinate
Elisabeth Auguste von Pfalz-Sulzbach
Josepha of Bavaria
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
Fronhof
To the east of the former prince-bishop's residence is the Fronhof . Originally used in part as the cemetery of Augsburg Cathedral , the Fronhof served as a tournament and parade ground for centuries and therefore resembled “a sandy desert”. By decision of the city council, it was converted into a public garden in 1878. This park was aligned to the peace monument erected in 1876 by the Viennese sculptor Caspar von Zumbusch . It commemorates the peace treaty at the end of the Franco-Prussian War and is crowned by the larger-than-life bronze figure of an ancient warrior who lets his sword sink back into the scabbard hanging on his belt. Already at its opening it was praised that the monument does not emphasize victory but peace and does not pay homage to the glorification of military glory.
Another memorial in the Fronhof depicts Leopold Mozart and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as reliefs on a stele . It was donated by the Mozart community of Augsburg in 1991 on the 200th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus' death.
The street called Fronhof, at whose address the building is registered today, is on the other side of the building by the Hofgarten.
Courtyard garden
Until the secularization of the Augsburg bishopric , the courtyard garden to the west of the residence building was owned by the prince-bishop. It has been owned by the Bavarian state since 1817 and has been accessible to everyone since 1965.
literature
- Pankraz Fried: The former prince-bishop's residence in Augsburg - today's Bavarian government of Swabia . Lindenberg, 2003. ISBN 3-89870-095-X
- Theodor Neuhofer: The Augsburg residence and its builders . In: Journal of the Historisches Verein für Schwaben , Vol. 53. Augsburg, 1938, pp. 123–176
- Wolfgang Wüst: Articles: "Augsburg" (Bishops v.), "Augsburg" (residence), "Dillingen" (residence), "Füssen" (residence), "Marktoberdorf" (residence) , in: Werner Paravicini (ed.) : Courtyards and residences in the late Middle Ages. A dynastic-topographical handbook, 2 parts (Vol. 1: Dynastien und Höfe, Vol. 2: Residences) (Residences research 15 I / 1,2) Ostfildern 2003, Vol. 1: pp. 496–498, Vol. 2: p 22-24, 143-146, 204-205, 366-368.
See also
Web links
- The former prince-bishop's residence (file number D-7-61-000-277) in the list of monuments for Augsburg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- Government of Swabia: History of the Government Building
- Concerts in the Fronhof: Homepage of the annual concerts in the Fronhof of the former Prince-Bishop's Residence
- Augsburg Wiki: Fronhof
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz Häussler: In the Fronhof there is a memorial for peace . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de ).
- ^ Fronhof with Mozart monument
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 20 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 40 ″ E