Mangian wax bleach

City palace of Johann Joseph Mang belonging to the former Mang'schen wax bleaching

The Mang'sche wax bleaching facility at Oberen Königstrasse 13 in Bamberg was the property of the councilor and wax bleacher Johann Joseph Mang (1706–1766). The preserved listed residential building was erected around 1730/40.

description

The Mang'sche wax bleaching facility on the formerly 40-meter-wide and 270-meter-long property consisted of a representative city ​​palace and a large garden to the north, in which the brown-yellowish beeswax was bleached in wooden boxes . To beautify the garden, sculptures , broderie parterren , treillages and other accessories were placed between the 348 wooden boxes . There were company buildings and pleasure buildings along the garden . This includes the recently restored Ascension Pavilion , which is named after the ceiling fresco depicting the Assumption of Mary .

literature

• Volker Rößner: The Mang'sche wax bleach . In: Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (Ed.): Monument Preservation Information , No. 160, March 2015, pp. 28–32, with photos ( online edition )

Web links

Commons : Obere Königstrasse 13 (Bamberg)  - Collection of images

• City of Bamberg : News from Mangschen wax bleaching . Posted on April 20, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A lot of patience and perseverance. City of Bamberg, August 11, 2010, accessed on December 26, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 49.9 "  N , 10 ° 53 ′ 32.5"  E