Princely treasury of Thurn and Taxis

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The Princely Treasury of Thurn und Taxis , opened in 1998 as the Thurn-und-Taxis Museum , is a branch museum of the Bavarian National Museum . The museum is located in the former stables of St. Emmeram Castle in Regensburg .

history

After the death of Johannes von Thurn und Taxis in 1990, the Free State of Bavaria made use of the opportunity in 1993 to pay inheritance taxes by taking over important works of art from Thurn und Taxis . In this way, more than 2,200 objects with an estimated value of almost 44 million DM came to the Free State, so that the core holdings of an art collection assembled over three centuries could be saved from being dispersed on the art market . From the outset it was determined that the acquired works in Regensburg should be made accessible to the public in a branch museum of the Bavarian National Museum, so that they should be preserved approximately in their historical context. The museum finally opened in 1998. Operation has since been contractually regulated between the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Bavarian National Museum, the City of Regensburg and the Thurn und Taxis House.

building

Ground floor with former stables

For the new museum, the north wing of the Princely Marstall was renovated by 1998 , which was built between 1829 and 1832 according to plans by the architect Jean Baptiste Métivier in place of the former abbey type of St. Emmeram . This classical three-wing complex , which is decorated with reliefs by Ludwig von Schwanthaler , closes the palace complex to the west. The collections of the Princely Treasury occupy the three-aisled vaulted stable with Tuscan columns on the ground floor of the north wing , the adjoining feed rooms, the saddle room and the former work rooms on the upper floor. In the adjacent former riding arena is the Marstallmuseum with the carriage collection of the former Princely House, which is still the property of the Thurn und Taxis family.

museum

Table with porcelain from the Manufaktur du Paquier

The Princely Treasury shows works of goldsmithing , porcelain , glasses , clocks , furniture and the rifle collection of the Princely House. The presentation of the works of art is partly based on the original functional context and thus the court keeping of the 18th and 19th centuries. On the ground floor of the Marstall, a table is set with an important porcelain service from around 1735, which comes from the Viennese porcelain manufactory du Paquier . The table is framed by console tables and wall mirrors from the Brussels and Frankfurt Palais Thurn und Taxis . A smaller room is set up as a boudoir with a dressing table. The museum's most precious pieces can be seen in an inner treasure chamber, the snuffbox of Prince Carl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis , jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece adorned with diamonds, as well as liturgical devices and sacred insignia from the Neresheim and Obermarchtal monasteries , which were made after the secularization 1803 fell to the Princely House. On the first floor of the Marstall there is a complete Biedermeier salon and in three rooms the rifle chamber, one of the largest collections of hunting weapons in the German-speaking area, which in particular includes numerous weapons from the Regensburg gunsmith Kuchenreuter .

Illustrations

literature

  • Reinholf Baumstark (Ed.): Thurn and Taxis Museum. Court art and culture. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3781404212 .
  • Lorenz Seelig: 18th century gold boxes from the possession of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis. Hirmer-Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3777432953 .
  • Gloria von Thurn and Taxis , Peter Styra: Prince Thurn and Taxis Museums Regensburg. Princely Castle, cloister of St. Emmeram, Marstall, Princely Treasury. Prince Thurn and Taxis Central Archive, Regensburg 2017, ISBN 978-3980629645 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 55.9 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 31 ″  E