List of castles and palaces in the Munich district

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Schleissheim New Palace - Panorama Western Front

This list contains palaces and castles in the Munich district . Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed . Also buildings that were never the seat of the nobility and are only called "castle" or "castle" because of their design or for advertising reasons are not listed here

Preserved palaces and castles

Surname location construction time Remarks image
Grünwald Castle Grünwald
( 48 ° 2 ′ 35 ″ N, 11 ° 31 ′ 10 ″ E ) 		12th century Castle of the Counts of Andechs , from 1272 the Wittelsbach family , expansion at the end of the 15th century, served as a hunting lodge, prison and powder magazine from the 17th century, today Grünwald Castle Museum Grünwald Castle
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Planegg Castle Planegg
( 48 ° 6 ′ 7 ″ N, 11 ° 25 ′ 20 ″ E ) 		1415-1420 Former Hofmark Palace, expanded considerably in 1617

The castle and the walled park area are not open to the public

Planegg Castle
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Höhenkirchen Castle Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn
( 48 ° 1 ′ 6 ″ N, 11 ° 42 ′ 45 ″ E ) 		15th - 16th century Former Hofmarksschloss, renovations in the 19th century, today a residential and commercial building Höhenkirchen Castle
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Ismaning Castle Ismaning
( 48 ° 13 ′ 42 ″ N, 11 ° 40 ′ 27 ″ E ) 		16th century Country seat of the bishops of Freising , 1716–1724 baroque redesign by Johann Baptist Zimmermann, today town hall Ismaning Castle
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Laufzorn Castle Oberhaching , Laufzorn
( 48 ° 0 ′ 55 ″ N, 11 ° 33 ′ 15 ″ E ) 		1616-1619 erected by Duke Albrecht VI. from Bayern-Leuchtenberg

The castle and the fenced park area are not open to the public

Laufzorn Castle
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Old Schleissheim Palace Oberschleißheim
( 48 ° 14 ′ 56 ″ N, 11 ° 33 ′ 33 ″ E ) 		1617-1623 built by Duke Maximilian I on the site of a manor house built by his father Wilhelm V. Old Schleissheim Palace
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Lustheim Palace Oberschleißheim , in the Schleißheim Palace Park
( 48 ° 14 ′ 55 ″ N, 11 ° 34 ′ 33 ″ E ) 		from 1684 Pleasure and hunting palace, built by Elector Maximilian II Emanuel Lustheim Palace
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New Schleissheim Palace Oberschleißheim
( 48 ° 14 ′ 56 ″ N, 11 ° 33 ′ 39 ″ E ) 		1701-1704
1715-1719		 Summer residence of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel, with an extensive palace park New Schleissheim Palace
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Schwaneck Castle Pullach in the Isar valley
( 48 ° 3 ′ 33 ″ N, 11 ° 31 ′ 48 ″ E ) 		1843 by the sculptor Ludwig von Schwanthaler, who had been ennobled shortly before, built in the historicizing style, today a youth education center and youth hostel Schwaneck Castle
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Expired locks

Surname location construction time Remarks image
Seeholzen Castle Graefelfing ( location ) Former Hofmarkschloss, first mentioned in 1116 as a noble residence, demolished after 1700

Lost castles

See also

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Bayern IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-422-03115-4 .

Web links

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