Leininger Oberhof
| Leininger Oberhof | |
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 Leininger Oberhof and Martinskirche from the north |
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| Data | |
| place | Grünstadt |
| Client | Georg II. Carl Ludwig von Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Construction year | 1716 |
The Leininger Oberhof is a baroque palace building in the city of Grünstadt , Rhineland-Palatinate .
History of the castle
When the general and ruling Count Philipp Ludwig von Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen fell in the battle of Cassano in 1705 , his only son, his brothers and close male relatives were already dead. With him, the Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen and Leiningen-Westerburg family lines became extinct -Leiningen in the male line.
His inheritance fell equally to distant relatives, the brothers Christoph Christian (1656–1728) and Georg II. Carl Ludwig (1666–1726) from the Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg family line. Both brothers jointly took over the Palatinate County of Leiningen and exercised the rule every year alternately. Both donated their own family lines, Christoph Christian the Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen line and Georg II. Carl Ludwig Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen. The brothers resided in Grünstadt because of the destruction of the Altleiningen and Neuleiningen castles . While Christoph Christian moved into Unterhof Palace , which was built by his predecessor Count Philipp Ludwig, Georg II. Carl Ludwig built a new palace nearby, the Oberhof, from 1716. It served the Neuleininger line as a residence until the end of the count's rule as a result of the French Revolution and its effects.
Then a tobacco factory was built there. The north wing was acquired by the city administration in 1823 in order to set up the elementary school; In 1854 the building was extended by one floor. In 1881 the south wing also came to the city of Grünstadt. Since the end of the school operations there at the end of the 20th century, the south wing has served as the city library, the north wing as the club house.
The Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal August Georg zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen (1770-1849) and his brother Christian Ludwig zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen (1771-1819) were both born in Oberhof.
Building stock
The front of the castle is on Neugasse and has the house numbers Neugasse 2, 4 and 6. It consists of a south wing with 7 and a north wing with 8 window axes. Originally two stories, the north wing was raised by one story in 1854. The floors are separated by cornices. On the street front, both wings have converging extensions, in the middle of which there is a magnificent, figure-adorned entrance portal to the castle courtyard, which above carries a terrace with balustrades to the street and the castle courtyard. The visible parts of the masonry, gate, door and window frames, as well as the corners of the buildings are made of sandstone, the rest is plastered. In the stairwell of the south wing a ceiling painting " Orpheus in the Underworld" has been preserved, which is attributed to the painter Johann Martin Seekatz (1680–1729). The castle and especially the portal is one of the landmarks of the city of Grünstadt.
gallery
portal
Detail of the portal
View from the castle courtyard
Board of the city administration, on the history
The builder, Count Georg II. Carl Ludwig
literature
- State Office for Monument Preservation: The Art Monuments of Bavaria. Administrative region of Pfalz, VIII. City and District of Frankenthal, Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1939, p. 269
- Hans Heiberger: The Counts of Leiningen-Westerburg. Kiliandruck Dinges, Grünstadt 1983, pp. 38, 72 u. 73, ISBN 3-924386-00-5
- Friedrich Ernst: A rediscovered painting of the baroque period in Grünstadt (ceiling painting in the Oberhof attributed to the court painter Johann Martin Seekatz) , in Palatine Museum , Volume 38, 1921, p. 184; (Find hint)
Web links
- Entry on Oberhof Grünstadt in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Aerial view
Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '47.9 " N , 8 ° 9' 48.7" E