Dölkau Castle
The Dölkau Castle (also Rittergut Dölkau) is a listed building in the Dölkau district of the city of Leuna in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments , the castle is listed as a historical building under registration number 094 20540 . It has the address Dorfstraße 23 .
history
The palace was built between 1803 and 1806 by the Leipzig architect and builder Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe on behalf of Karl Ludwig August von Hohenthal . The von Hohenthal family owned the property from 1749 to 1945. From 1945 to 1990 the castle was used as a children's home. Today the property is privately owned.
description
The castle is a classicist rectangular building that is three- story on the street side. The main facade is open to the north. The center is a portico of six columns with a lying in front staircase and large antique vessels in iron casting. In the south facade there is a square extension for the staircase, which is opened to both upper floors by means of Doric columns and is closed by an oval dome with an illusionistic coffering. The original stucco ceilings and chimneys have been preserved in some of the rooms. The historical wall paintings by Carl von Binzer around 1860 are currently (as of 2015) covered.
The gatehouse with its arched passage and crowned risalit was built around 1751. The castle is surrounded by an English landscape park , with a classical monument by Johann Jacob von Hohenthal from 1803.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt . (PDF) State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, accessed on October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Hans and Doris Maresch: Saxony-Anhalt's palaces, castles and mansions . Husum, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89876-776-7 , pp. 58 .
- ^ Dölkau Castle. alleburgen.de, accessed on October 9, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '44.1 " N , 12 ° 8' 53.5" E