Geyso Castle Mansbach

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Geyso Castle Mansbach
Geyso castle courtyard gate
Geyso Castle courtyard side

The Geyso Castle Mansbach is located in Mansbach , a district of the Hohenroda community in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse .

history

The castle was built by Wilhelm von Mansbach between 1577 and 1578 in place of a previous castle destroyed by Abbot Bertho IV of Fulda in 1276 and was named "Wilhelmsburg" until it was sold in 1652. The new owner, the Hessian Lieutenant General Johann von Geyso , and his grandson Valentin von Geyso had the castle rebuilt in the third quarter of the 17th century and added a cavalier's house and a coach house to the property . Further renovations in 1878 gave the castle its current appearance.

From 1918 to 1932 Heinrich von Sydow ran his first stud on the property . Subsequently, and until May 1945, the Wehrmacht used the facility as a remonte depot, in which three- and four-year-old horses were trained for military service. Karl Böhme was the manager of the depot. In 1944 Victor von Békésy, who had fled the east, moved into the facility with a few Hutsuls from his own breeding. On May 13, 1945, a division of the American cavalry occupied the Geyso Castle. It passed into state ownership in 1947 and since then has housed the administration of the technical college for horse breeding and keeping as well as foal rearing. After renovations by the Federal Real Estate Office, the main building has been used as rental accommodation since the 1970s. The half-timbered extension was sold to the Hohenroda community in 1992. In 2014 the main building went into private ownership. It is owned by Schloss KG and continues to be used for residential purposes as well as for cultural activities.

Building description

On the side facing the park side of the two-storey rectangular building with nine to three window axes and high curly gables is centered one on the gabled roof eaves also excellent octagonal staircase tower with segmental dome, left a dormer with gable roof and covered pediment and the right side is a three-story, far from fleeing projecting risalit , also with a dwelling and figurative and ornamental reliefs . The Renaissance portal on the courtyard side shows figurative symbolic sculptures . A two-storey half - timbered house is attached to the northern gable end . Another small stair tower hides the transition between the two buildings. The baroque cavalier's house, a little east of the castle, had to be demolished in 1968 because it was dilapidated.

The local history museum, which is maintained by the Mansbach-Soislieden tourist office, is housed in the half-timbered extension. There are apartments in the main building, some of which can be rented as holiday apartments. The castle is also the venue of the Sonnenzeit cultural association, a non-profit association based in Mansbach, the purpose of which is to culturally revitalize the center of Mansbach and to make a common ground in the historically valuable cultural monument accessible to all interested parties. The cultural networking of all age groups in society, as well as the promotion of art and culture in the region are the desired goals. From 2015 to 2017 the Open-Air Mansbach Music and Arts Festival took place here.

The family had a chapel , the so-called Geyso Chapel, built on the mountain cemetery in 1683 , which was used as a family crypt until 1922 . According to the German Foundation for Monument Protection , the hall building has "rich architectural decorations" in its interior . However, the bell cage of the roof ridge is in need of renovation and the building was therefore closed to the public in 2020; renovation is in preparation.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geyso Castle in the Wiki of the project "Renaissance Castles in Hessen" at the Germanic National Museum , accessed on June 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ Sign No. 16 of the Mansbach-Soislieden Tourist Office at the entrance to the farm
  3. ↑ Living in the old geyso castle. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Small apartment in the castle geyso. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
  5. ^ Kulturverein Sonnenzeit eV - Culture in the Castle ; Club side; accessed on January 15, 2018
  6. ↑ kling-festival.de - festival website ; accessed on January 15, 2018
  7. ↑ A relaxed festival in the park (PDF file; 1.6 MB); accessed on January 15, 2018
  8. ↑ year support program 2020, the German Foundation for Monument Protection: Hohenroda Mans Bach, Geyso Chapel, Hesse , In: Monuments , issue 2/2020, page 23

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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 54.4 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 51 ″  E