Sayneck Hunting Lodge

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Sayneck hunting lodge near Isenburg

The Sayneck hunting lodge is located above the Sayntal in the Großmaischeid district near Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate . Between 1884 and 1968 it was leased by the industrial family Krupp , who used it as a starting point for extensive hunts. Since then it has been used by the princes of Wied for the same purpose.

history

In 1881, Count Alexander von Hachenburg (1847–1940) had a simple hunting lodge built in the middle of the Princely Wiedisches Revier, which he called "Sayneck". As early as 1882, Sayneck was leased by the industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854–1902) on May 1, 1884 with the hunts Großmaischeid, Ebenfeld, Caan, Nauort, Stromberg and Sayn . After additional outbuildings (e.g. forester's house, staff building, bathhouse, stables, shooting range, gas station) had been built between 1884 and 1887, Alfred Krupp decided in the spring of 1888 to tear down Sayneck and in the same style, but in much larger ones To have dimensions rebuilt as a hunting lodge . In the course of the following decades, many prominent guests stayed at the Sayneck hunting lodge. At the end of the 19th century, Friedrich Alfred Krupp even had the guests of his big driven hunts arrive by special trains on the Brexbachtalbahn . Hunting parties were held at the castle until 1943.

Towards the end of the Second World War , in December 1944, a military hospital for the Reich Labor Service was set up in the Sayneck hunting lodge . From January to March 1945 the Gauleiter of the Gaus Moselland , Gustav Simon , resided there with his staff. During this time Robert Ley , head of the German Labor Front , was one of the visitors to Sayneck. Shortly before the arrival of the Americans, on March 25, 1945, the General Staff of the Western Front Command of the Wehrmacht came for a short stay at the Sayneck hunting lodge. American and French occupation troops followed temporarily.

After the death of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach (1907-1967), the Krupp era on Sayneck ran off on June 30, 1968. The hunting lease was ended and the hunting lodge became the property of the owners of the land, the Prince of Wied. In an outbuilding of the castle is a princely Wiedische Revierförsterei . Much of the original furnishings have been preserved, such as the large fireplace, a few tiled stoves, paneling and carving work, and an extensive trophy collection.

literature

  • Eugen Wasser: Sayneck Castle In: Heimatjahrbuch 2013 Neuwied district. 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814662-4-9 .
  • Rhein-Zeitung: "A remote gem lies above the Sayntal", p. 15, February 18, 2013

Web links

Commons : Jagdschloss Sayneck  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Schönberger: The Sayneck Hunting Lodge in the Sayntal. In: Homeland yearbook of the Neuwied district . 1973, p. 25.
  2. ^ Rhein-Zeitung : "Remote gem lies above the Sayntal", p. 15, February 18, 2013
  3. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: "NS Gauleitung once resided in the castle" of August 3, 2007
  4. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: "Remote gem lies above the Sayntal", p. 15, February 18, 2013
  5. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: "Remote gem lies above the Sayntal", p. 15, February 18, 2013

Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 59.1 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 25.7 ″  E