Rumpenheim Castle
The Rumpenheimer Schloss is a three-wing palace complex on the banks of the Main in Offenbach . It is the landmark of the Offenbach district of the same name, Rumpenheim . The extensive Rumpenheimer Schlosspark adjoins the complex.
Emergence
The core of today's castle goes back to a manor house that Johann Georg Seifert von Edelsheim , head of the government of the County of Hanau , built from 1678. He had received the estate and village of Rumpenheim in 1674 from Count Friedrich Casimir von Hanau as a fief because he had made great contributions to the financial rehabilitation of the county. He bought several plots of land on the Main to what would later become the castle grounds. The mansion later became the central part of the castle.
Hessen-Kassel residence
Ninety years later, in 1768 - the County of Hanau-Münzenberg was meanwhile, together with Rumpenheim, after the death of the last Hanau Count Johann Reinhard III. Fallen to Hessen-Kassel in 1736 - the von Edelsheim family sold their fiefdom to Prince Karl of Hessen-Kassel for 140,000 guilders . In 1771 he expanded the manor house into a princely country seat. His mother, Landgravine Maria , used the castle until her death in 1772 and furnished it accordingly. At the end of 1781 Karl sold the castle to his brother Friedrich . This expanded the castle in the years 1787–1788 to a three-wing complex. At the beginning of the 19th century, the two corner pavilions on the mains side were added. Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel redesigned the park until 1839, a royal stables were added in 1840 and servants' apartments were built in the middle of the 19th century.
During the 19th century personalities such as the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and Russia's Tsar Alexander III met in Rumpenheim Castle . as well as the Danish kings Christian IX. and Frederick VII. In 1863, Prince Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg was offered the Greek royal crown , which he accepted.
Decay
Some years after the Austrian-Prussian War , which also led to the downfall of the Hessian State arose between the there former ruling house and Prussia to a compensation which zusprach the private assets of the former Kurhaus different locks from the former property, including Philippsruhe Castle in Hanau. The Rumpenheim line of the House of Hesse moved to there, so that in the 1880s the Rumpenheim Castle stood empty for some time. In the meantime used again, it was finally abandoned as a residence in 1902 when Friedrichshof Palace in Kronberg came from the inheritance of Empress Victoria into the family and the residence was relocated there.
After the First World War , the castle became the property of the Kurhessische Hausstiftung, the predecessor of the Hessische Hausstiftung . During the Second World War , the central part of the palace was damaged by bombs in 1943 and the roof structure burned out. Refugees were still housed there after the war. However, the failure to maintain the building in the following period meant that the weather and arson caused the ruin to deteriorate considerably. In 1965 the city of Offenbach acquired the castle and park.
Revitalization
In 1973 there was an architectural competition, the aim of which was to demolish the ruins and create a row of high-rise buildings at this point on the banks of the Main. This was prevented by pressure from a citizens' initiative. In the 1980s, the first security measures were taken and the side wings of the castle were converted into apartments. The central building, which had meanwhile been badly destroyed, remained in ruins for a long time. Only since 2002 has the castle been shown again in its historical external appearance. Inside, it now contains modern, high-end condominiums . 1999-2010 the castle and the castle park served as the backdrop for a medieval market in summer. Since 2006 there has also been a concert program with classical music in various venues around the palace and in the park every summer.
Castle Park
The plan for the park maintenance work, completed in 1995, is to take appropriate measures to improve the development of the park, replace trees and create new lines of sight by 2022 .
literature
- Offenbacher Geschichtsverein: On the history of the Offenbach suburbs - Offenbacher Geschichtsblätter No. 20 . Offenbach am Main, 1970
- Helmut Hill (ed.): Rumpenheim and Waldheim, lively districts of Offenbach am Main . CoCon-Verlag, Hanau 2006, ISBN 3-937774-25-4
- Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , pp. 284–286.
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Castle and Castle Park In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 59 ″ N , 8 ° 48 ′ 6 ″ E
