Schlössle Ratzenhofen
The Schlössle Ratzenhofen , also called Schlösschen Ratzenhofen or the Schlössle for short , is a Hohenzollern castle in Sigmaringendorf in the district of Sigmaringen , Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).
location
The Schlösschen Ratzenhofen is located in the center of the village, near the school and church on the Lauchert bridge in Sigmaringendorf. The Schlössle is likely to be the remainder of a settlement to the left of the Lauchert near the confluence with the Danube .
history
The building is first mentioned in the chronicle of Sigmaringendorf in 1542, but it is likely to be much older. A Konrad de Ratzenhofen was named as early as 1171, but its relation to the building is unclear. In 1542 it sold Felix of Honburg to Langenstein on the upper vogt of Jungnau , Wolfgang Honburger. Since he needed the approval of his wife Agatha, a native of Friedingen, for this trade, the Schlössle was probably a marriage gift and thus originally in the possession of the Lords of Friedingen , who also owned Hohenfriedingen Castle . In 1577 Leonhard Ratzenhofen bought the building and it has kept this nickname ever since. On April 22, 1589, the Schlössle came into the possession of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen for the first time when it was bought by Count Karl II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen . His successor, Count Johann , set up a mint in the building and had three cruiser coins produced here, among other things . In 1633 the Schlössle Ratzenhofen was partially destroyed by Swedish troops in the Thirty Years' War , but it was quickly rebuilt and inhabited again before 1660, as baptisms were held there again that year. The castle was bought in 1727 by Rentmeister Baptist Schmid and in 1760 by Hereditary Prince Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1724–1785), who later became Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. In 1903 the community Sigmaringendorf finally acquired the Schlössle and converted it for school purposes over the next four years. While the building initially housed teachers' apartments and in 1907 a temporary restaurant after the deer had burned down, classrooms were finally set up in it, until 2008 pupils from the Sigmaringendorf elementary and secondary school received lessons here. Alternately, it housed different groups, especially during the Second World War . After the end of the war, residents displaced from their houses lived there and the building was still used for residential purposes years later. After the closure of the secondary school in Sigmaringendorf, the rooms in the Schlössle were given to local associations for use.
After the list of defects on the Schlössle building had become longer and longer and the plaster was crumbling away everywhere, the local council decided in 2008 to subject the Schlössle to a thorough exterior renovation. The work was agreed by mutual agreement with the State Monuments Office . The total cost was 218,000 euros. Funds from the state renovation program were also available to finance them. The building got a new roof skin and a new roof covering, sheet metal work was also due. Several thermal insulation measures were necessary, such as the ceiling above the second floor, which was insulated with modern technology. The whole house is now covered with thick full thermal insulation and plastered and the more than 50 windows have been replaced by insulating glass windows. In accordance with the building type, the facade was painted in a reconstructed Renaissance version in consultation with the State Monuments Office. The outdoor facilities have also been renewed.
Todays use
In November 2015, the municipal council decided to completely renovate and convert the building into a house for culture and social affairs . This renovation was carried out in 2016 and 2017. Since then, the house has been available to the local music club as a rehearsal and training room alongside other local associations. The cost of the renovation was estimated at 700,000 euros.
investment
Ratzenhofen is a three-storey complex with an almost square base, a steep hipped roof and two corner cores . The Schlössle is surrounded in three directions by the school grounds of the Sigmarendorfer Donau-Lauchert School, of which it was one of the school buildings until 2008. In the west, the Lauchert flows directly past the building. Inside are mainly rooms that were used by the school as classrooms. In the attic there was also a costume store of the Waldbühne Sigmaringendorf and storage rooms for other local clubs until the renovation in 2016 . At the level of the Schlössle, an old mill canal branches off from the course of the Lauchert, on which a pan forge belonging to the Schlössle was operated from 1662.
literature
- Karl Dehner : The Ratzenhofen castle in Sigmaringendorf.
- Karl Dehner: On the history of the “Ratzenhofen” castle in Sigmaringendorf. o. O. and J.
- Karl Dehner: Chronicle of the community Sigmaringendorf. Sigmaringendorf 1982.
- Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X .
- Anton Speh: "Schlössle" renovation in Ratzenhofen. Building shines in new splendor. Sigmaringendorf »We worked closely with the State Monuments Office. In: Schwäbische Zeitung of November 29, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The municipality is renovating the “Schlössle” for 700,000 euros . In: Schwäbische Zeitung, November 25, 2015
Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '1.45 " N , 9 ° 15' 48.45" O