Thiergarten Hunting Lodge
The Thiergarten hunting lodge is a palace complex in Thiergarten , a district of Bayreuth .
history
After the area in Thiergarten had been used for hunting by the Margraves of Brandenburg-Bayreuth for a long time, Margrave Christian Ernst had a small first hunting lodge built. His successor, Margrave Georg Wilhelm , who also made an appearance through his lively construction activity in St. Georgen am See , had the castle replaced with a more solid new building. This system has been preserved to this day. The builder was Johann David Räntz .
The hunt as a status symbol and an important social event was also cultivated under the following margraves, however, with the Kaiserhammer hunting lodge , Margrave Friedrich had a complex that was more modern for the time. A special attraction was the bear hunt , for which bears were bought, which could be caught alive in the specially constructed bear trap on the Waldstein , for example . The castle in Thiergarten lost its original function at the latest at the beginning of the 19th century with the demolition of the left wing and served for a long time under the Thiem family from Bayreuth for agricultural purposes.
The Bayerlein family of manufacturers took care of the dilapidated building in 1922 and carried out the renovation based on its traditional history. The buyer Adolf Bayerlein, the owner of the Bayreuth spinning mill, was a member of the Historical Association for Upper Franconia . In the early 1980s, the city of Bayreuth acquired the facility with the support of numerous donors, and it was used as a hotel and restaurant until the end of 2010 . In 2010 the ensemble was initially offered for sale, but then the decision was made to set up an international school there.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhardt Schmalz: Ceremonial speech on the bear catch . 2006.
- ↑ http://www.barnick.de/bt/wer/index.htm
- ^ Eva Kunzmann: On the history of the historical association for Upper Franconia . In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia . Bayreuth 1971, p. 264.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ′ 1.5 " N , 11 ° 35 ′ 51.4" E