Fugger Castle in Türkenfeld

Türkenfeld Castle

The Fugger Castle Türkenfeld is now the town hall of the Upper Bavarian municipality of Türkenfeld .

history

The local aristocratic family of the Türkenfelder (von Durgenfeld) was first detectable at the end of the 12th century. As early as the 14th century, their ownership passed partly to the Fürstenfeld monastery and partly to the later Hofmark Türkenfeld. The 13th century castle veste built the first castle acquired in 1598 the Count Fugger-Kirchberg , which tags into a hunting lodge. The building was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . The castle was rebuilt around 1660, and in 1725 it was redesigned as a hunting lodge. Since 1853 the castle has been owned by the municipality, which has used it as the town hall since 1973.

Building description

The castle is a two-storey hipped roof building with a convex risalit and triangular gable, around 1725. The illusionistic facade painting was renewed. The outbuildings are on the ground floor with a hipped roof (18th century).

literature

Commons : Schloss Türkenfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: District Fürstenfeldbruck (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.12 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 , p. 234 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 35 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 6 ″  E