Dagstuhl Castle
Dagstuhl Castle is a historic building in Dagstuhl in the Saarland .
history
The castle was built in 1760 by Count Anton von Öttingen-Soetern-Hohenbaldern at the foot of the old Dagstuhl Castle . After the French revolutionary troops marched in, the land was leased and the building was acquired by Baron Wilhelm de Lasalle von Louisenthal. The family lived here until 1959, after which it was converted into a church retirement home. The daughter of the baron, Octavie de Lasalle (1811–1890), who was known as the “painter countess” a. a. decorated the castle chapel with a Way of the Cross and an altar painting. Her brother Rudolf Johann Peter Bolton de Lasalle von Louisenthal (1815-1892) was from 1866 to 1875 district administrator of the Merzig-Wadern district .
In 1905/06, the Lasalle heirs expanded the castle. Part of the building was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style. The main house and the castle chapel have since been connected by a historicizing intermediate building with a tower segment.
In 1961 the Franciscan Sisters took over the complex and set up a retirement home, which was later taken over by the Franciscan Sisters of Waldbreitbach.
In 1989 the house became the property of the state that established the Leibniz Center for Computer Science (LZI).
In 2001, the baroque garden opposite the palace was redesigned as part of the “ Gardens without Borders ” project based on paintings from Octavie de Lasalle's oeuvre.
Worth seeing
- Opposite the palace is a themed garden that was designed and laid out by the “ Gardens without Borders ” project.
- The castle chapel with the paintings of the "painter countess" Octavie von Louisenthal.
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 51 ″ N , 6 ° 53 ′ 55 ″ E