Eisenach residential palace
The residential palace was a building in the old town of Eisenach that was largely demolished in the 18th century. The preserved parts are known today as the old residence and residence house and are under monument protection. The castle was on the southern edge of the Eisenacher Markt , immediately south of the Georgenkirche .
history
The residential palace was built in the 16th century in the Renaissance style. From 1596 it served Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxony-Eisenach as his residence. Around 1600 it was expanded and the neighboring Creutznacher house was included in the building complex.
Despite high debt, Duke Ernst August , the sovereign of the Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , had a new palace built on the north side of the market from 1740. After the completion of the Eisenach city palace , large parts of the old residential palace were demolished, and the palace brewery, the well cellar, the residence house and the Creutznach house remained.
According to tradition, a family dispute led to the demolition of the castle: when Anna Sophie Charlotte (1706–1751), the widow of the last Duke of Eisenach, Wilhelm Heinrich , was expelled from the country and further humiliating gestures by the heir to the throne Ernst August became known, she ordered that to clear out the residential palace she was living in "down to the last nail" - at least according to tradition, when she moved out, there wasn't much that was left in the building. Enraged by this embarrassment, Duke Ernst August is said to have ordered the immediate demolition of the residential palace.
At the site of the demolished part of the castle, an open space, the esplanade , which has been preserved to this day, was created . The remaining "Old Residence", the Residenzhaus built around 1500 and the Creutznacher Haus were henceforth used as administrative buildings for the financial and judicial authorities of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach and the State of Thuringia, for which both buildings were rebuilt several times. The buildings were badly damaged in the air raids on Eisenach in World War II , the outbuildings on the south side of the residence were so badly destroyed that they were not rebuilt after the war. In its place is now Lutherplatz.
During construction work to renovate and redesign the esplanade, the remains of the wall of the old residential palace and another building were found in 2015, which archaeologists assigned to the parish school in St. Georgen , which Martin Luther attended from 1498 to 1501.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Peter: The ducal residence in Eisenach - Contributions to the history of Eisenach. Part XX. Eisenach 1910.
- ↑ Peter Rossbach: Apparently foundations of Martin Luther's parish school discovered , Thüringer Allgemeine from May 22, 2015
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '26.4 " N , 10 ° 19' 9.1" E