Eisenhammer Castle

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Eisenhammer Castle is a modern castle from the 18th century north of Neuenschmidten , a district of the Brachttal community in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .

View of the castle building from the south.
Detail of the portal with the alliance coat of arms of the von Haan and Rühle von Lilienstern families .

history

On the eastern edge of the Büdinger Forest and south of the Vogelsberg there were Ysenburg hammer businesses before the castle was built . In 1707, Countess Maria Albertina zu Isenburg-Büdingen founded the company at Neuenschmidten, initially known as the Neue Schmiede . The company exceeded the financial possibilities of the county and was therefore founded as a working group, of which Isenburg held 8/16. The company had its own grain mill for the workers, a schnapps distillery , a brewery with a bar for the carters, a bakery and a general store.

In 1722/23 the company was acquired by the Countess Chamber Councilor to Meerholz Johann Wilhelm Schmidt. He had the castle building erected, which for the time was unusually baroque in shape. It is possible that he had just one existing building upgraded in a contemporary way. The interior was probably never completed. After Schmidt's death, the business was continued by his daughter and her husband until 1741. After bankruptcy, the Eisenhammer was run by the Rühle von Lilienstern family in the 18th and early 19th centuries .

Victor von Isenburg-Birstein acquired the facility in 1835 . In 1855 Buderus bought the iron hammer for 52,000  florins , but closed the plant as early as 1859 because it was not competitive with the facilities on the Ruhr, Lahn and Sieg. Ferdinand Maximilian von Isenburg-Wächtersbach bought the complex back in 1875 and used it as a furniture factory, in some cases it was also used as a hunting lodge by the Wächtersbacher line . Since then, the palace building has been used for private residential purposes, but has been empty since 2012. The 64,000 square meter site was sold in 2017 and has been privately owned since then. In January 2017, the Kühnast Strahlungsstechnik GmbH company also relocated to the site.

investment

Eisenhammer Castle is a wide, baroque administration building with 20 window axes, a mansard roof , a central dwelling and a high roof turret with a multi-tiered hood . The central axis is emphasized by the gateway, above which the alliance coat of arms of the von Haan and Rühle von Lilienstern families is placed in a cartouche made of sandstone . The ground floor and first floor consist of plastered sandstone masonry, above which there is shingled half-timbering . On the courtyard side there is a curved flight of stairs .

Various outbuildings are grouped around the courtyard, including a house from the early 18th century made of plastered timber-frame with a mansard roof and various farm buildings from the 18th to 20th centuries.

A hydropower plant belonging to a Brachttaler company is located in an outbuilding of the building complex .

A millennial oak stands near the castle with a chest height of 7.88 m (2014). This is one of the thickest oaks in Germany . Location:  50 ° 19 ′ 9.9 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 5.1 ″  E

The circular route "Wasser von Brachttal" leads directly past the castle. The millennial oak is an attraction on the circular route, as is a public Kneipp facility near the castle (location: 50 ° 19 ′ 14.1 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 53.2 ″  E ).

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.gudrun-kauck.de: Eisenhammer, Brachttal, Hammerschmiede, Jagd-Schloss. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Stephan Siemon. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
  3. ^ Eisenhammer - Renertec. Retrieved on May 25, 2019 (German).
  4. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017

Coordinates: 50 ° 19 '17.4 "  N , 9 ° 17' 1.6"  E