Dörflas Castle

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Dörflas Castle is a former castle in the Dörflas district of Marktredwitz in the Wunsiedel district , which is currently used as an inn.

history

The castle was the seat of the von Sparneck family from 1569 to 1634 , until they moved to Wunsiedel because of the Thirty Years' War . Hieronymus Ludwig von Sparneck and Weißdorf lived here from 1609 until shortly before his death in 1634. It was here that his wife Helene, nee von Eckersberg, gave birth to their daughter Anna Kunigunda on December 21, 1621, who died in Wunsiedel in July 1635 at a young age and like her Father was buried in the parish church of St. Vitus.

The building remained in the possession of the von Sparneck family until 1744. As a senior citizen's fief , like Bernstein Castle , it remained in family ownership long after the Sparneck family died out in their home area around Sparneck , as it was passed on to family members of the so-called Bohemian line and relatives in today's Upper Palatinate. These connections were examined by the local researcher Elisabeth Jäger .

Dörflas Castle was given to the Hagen family as a fief . From 1655 it served as an inn with a malthouse and brewery . By the middle of the 18th century, it developed into the largest brewery in the area. Georg Christoph Hagen was able to acquire half of the Lorenzreuth manor in 1773 and began building the new castle there. His son-in-law and successor Michael Hermann Theobald Sperl rebuilt the building considerably between 1780 and 1783. The economy was leased to the Lang family. In 1808 Johann Christoph Sperl bought the inn with its malt and brewery from his father. At that time the property was called Gasthof zur Bavarian Krone. Johann Christoph Sperl died childless in 1825 and his widow married Johann Adam Reichel in 1826. With him the name Golden Lion appeared for the first time. In 1841 it was sold to Adam Haberstroh. The roof and other parts of the building were damaged in a fire in 1843. In 1870 Johann Schübel purchased the property. His son Wilhelm extended the ballroom in 1902. In 1924, Wilhelm's son-in-law Heinrich Dick, who later became mayor of Dörflas, took over the inn and brewery. In 1948 the brewing business was stopped.

In 1980 the then owner of the Kaiserhof brewery in Marktredwitz, Hannsjörg Maximilian (called Jokl) Märklstetter, acquired the tavern with an annex and began renovating it. The Renaissance wooden ceiling in the tavern came to light again. In 1988 the ballroom on the first floor was reopened. In 1995, two old beer storage cellars were set up as guest rooms.

Double coat of arms above the entrance door

Todays use

The building is still used as a restaurant today. It is located on the south side of Zipprothplatz. It houses a collection of brewery items and Büttner tools as well as a hunting trophy collection in the ballroom.

Building description

Today's facade is the result of renovations in 1780/1783 (door frame, step stone). The roof was rebuilt after the fire of 1843. In 1902 the hall was expanded and the bay-like roof structure was created.

Above the entrance door is the coat of arms from 1609. It contains the coat of arms of the Sparnecker and von Truppach and Mengersdorf as a double coat of arms. The Sparnecker coat of arms is incorrectly tinged , the rafters are correct in silver and red.

Wooden ceilings and vaults have been preserved from the Renaissance period. The stairs to the first floor and some vaults on the ground floor date from the Baroque period.

Dörflas Castle

literature

  • Sparnecker fief book from 1739 in the Marktredwitz city archive.
  • List of buildings for Dörflas in the Marktredwitz city archive.
  • Andreas Rhau: Funeral Sermon for Anna Kunigunda von Sparneck and Weißdorf , Nuremberg 1635. (Princely Stolberg-Stolberg'sche Funeral Sermon Collection, Vol. IV / 1, Leipzig 1932, No. 21251)
  • Horst P. Linke: History of the inn to the golden lion and castle to Dörflas . Marktredwitz 2005.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Dörflas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 53.5 "  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 16"  E