Moritzschlösschen

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The Moritzschlösschen is a three-wing complex built in the classical style. It stands on the western edge in the courtyard of the castle Wallerstein market Wallerstein / district of Donau-Ries .

history

District President Johann Anton von Beli di Pino , who was in the service of the princely family zu Oettingen-Wallerstein , had a representative residence built for himself in 1803, namely the central building of today's castle. The building site and timber were given to the client free of charge, and apart from the stones from the wall of the abandoned cemetery around the parish church, which had been torn down at the time, there was also other building material 'from the old castle' for building this house .

Just two years later, the house became the property of the widowed Princess Wilhelmine zu Oettingen-Wallerstein. In 1809 and 1810, this had two side wings added to the main building of the castle, so that in the end the three wings bounded the small court of honor according to the baroque scheme. While the two-storey wing buildings are only enlivened by plastered rustics, the east facade of the central building is structured by pilaster strips, while the center is emphasized by a diaphragm above the eaves with a pointed front. All three buildings have mansard roofs . Princess Wilhelmine lived in the castle with her daughters from 1812. From 1871 to 1910 the castle was owned by Prince Moritz zu Oettingen-Wallerstein:

To this day the castle is called Moritzschlösschen in the princely administration, as is popularly known, and the associated gardens are Moritzpark, although Prince Moritz never lived in the building for a long time. He even rented it out several times. One of these tenants, Wallerstein's general practitioner Engelbert Bayr, had set up a Kneip'sche water spa there in 1892.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volckamer 1995, p. 447
  2. ↑ Meyer 1979, p. 214 f
  3. ↑ cf. Volckamar 1995, p. 460

literature

  • Werner Meyer: Castles and palaces in Bavarian Swabia. A manual with 122 photos and 8 color plates, Frankfurt / Main 1979, pp. 214-216
  • Volker von Volckamar: From the land of the counts and princes of Oettingen. Calendar pictures and calendar stories . Wallerstein 1995, pp. 445-448 and 457-460.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '21.6 "  N , 10 ° 28' 0.8"  E