Escheberg Castle

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Escheberg Castle

The Escheberg Castle was formerly a manor, mansion and precious seat, and probably a moated castle. Today's Biedermeier facility on Escheberg near Zierenberg in Hesse ( Germany ) was completed in the 19th century. Karl Otto von der Malsburg maintained literary, musical and artistic circles there in the 19th century .

Building history

The substructure of the medieval cellar vaults of the horseshoe-shaped, three-story mansion suggests that the building was fortified earlier and was used as a moated castle . A half-timbered main building with bay windows was built around 1530 . In 1740, the manor complex with administration building, barn, stables and farm buildings was built north of the manor house. The half-timbered building was rebuilt in the 18th century and only the upper floor and the gable wall on the narrow side remained. The rococo park , which is symmetrical to the building, was located north of the estate on the Escheberg and is no longer preserved. The east wing of the complex was supplemented in 1752 by a chapel, above the entrance of which there is a coat of arms of the von der Malsburg family . An egg-shaped shield with a crest and coat made of rocailles is also attached there. The organ in the pulpit wall of the chapel was built in 1793 by the court organ builder Georg Peter Wilhelm from Kassel ; it was carefully restored in 2010/11.

In 1789 the main front was redesigned by creating seven window axes from the original five. The gables on the north and south sides, the portal and the turret with weather vane also come from this redesign phase. In 1790 a greenhouse was built, in the middle of which there is a tea pavilion with a flat dome. Uniform white plaster gave the manor house the architectural style of a Biedermeier palace. In the 19th century, the rococo garden stretching south was converted into an English landscape garden. In 1922 the building complex was overhauled and renovated, and the wing buildings were added on to the courtyard side. Between the estate and Escheberg Castle there was a low bowling alley with a corner pavilion, where a farm building was built around 1938.

Poet's room

On the third floor, next to the library, is the Poetenstube, which has not changed to this day and is not open to the public. Chamberlain and patron Karl Otto von der Malsburg, the younger brother of the romantic Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto von der Malsburg , held literary circles with him at Escheberg Castle.

In 1841 and 1842 Emanuel Geibel was a guest at Escheberg Castle. His song May has come was written during the hike from Lübeck to Escheberg Castle. He began to begin with the poem Wanderlust in 1841 when he was arriving at the castle in Dasetal . The poem was first published in Kassel in 1842 . Geibel prepared the second edition of his collection of poems at Escheberg Castle, and the second voices that appeared in Lübeck in 1841 were created . The Spanish folk songs and romances, dedicated to Ferdinand Freiligrath and published in 1843, can also be traced back to a stay at Escheberg Castle. The idea for Geibel's first drama Roderich also came about at Escheberg Castle. The first five scenes of the third act were published for the first time on February 2, 1842 in the Kassel Salon . During his time at Escheberg Castle, the poet developed a deep affection for Karl Otto from Malsburg's daughter Henriette, to whom he dedicated numerous poems and the most beautiful love songs in the Escheberg poetry cycle . This love remained unrequited, however, as Henriette married the Bavarian Count von Holnstein in 1852.

The hospitality of Karl Otto von der Malsburg was also enjoyed by August Wilhelm Schlegel , Ludwig Tieck , Wilhelm Müller , Heinrich Marschner , Louis Spohr , Christoph Rommel , August von der Embde , Moritz von Schwind , Friedrich von Bodenstedt and Ludwig Emil Grimm . These lived temporarily in the poet's room and were supported by Karl Otto von der Malsburg. The stays by Karl Otto von der Malsburg's guest book can be documented.

Todays use

Escheberg Castle is privately owned by the von der Malsburg family. With the exception of the English garden, the facility is not accessible. There is a golf course in the southwest and south of the castle.

Castle Park

Cascades in the castle park

To the east of the castle, a greenhouse was built around 1790, which is now mostly referred to as the orangery . The low wings were entirely glazed until the 1930s. Of the three higher wings, the larger, middle one is highlighted by a flat dome. In front of it is a semicircular slope with shrubs and flowers.

South of the orangery is the spacious landscaped garden with its trees and the large pond below, which was laid out in 1790. To the west of the large pond there is a smaller one with a walk-on island shaped by basalt steles, to which a bridge leads. The water flows from the small pond over a shallow cascade , which is also framed by basalt stones, into a basin, from which it is led underground into the large pond. The park has been part of the European Garden Heritage Network since 2009 and is now open to the public.

The Geibeltempel , a wooden pavilion north on the slope above the estate, which is dedicated to the poet Emanuel Geibel , offers an overview .

  • The orangery from the southeast (2019)

  • The orangery from the southeast (2019)

  • Bridge to the Island (2019)

  • View over the cascade to the large pond (2019)

literature

  • Eduard Brauns: Hiking guide through North Hesse and Waldeck . A. Bernecker Verlag Melsungen, 1971, pp. 112-114
  • Greaves travel guide Upper Hesse . Volume 230, Karl Thiemig, Munich 1981, p. 234
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 25f.
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 387.

Web link

Commons : Schloss Escheberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and footnotes

  1. ^ The organ portrait (265): The Wilhelm organ in the Ev. Gutskapelle, Escheberg
  2. ↑ Paragraph according to EUROPEAN GARDEN NETWORK - EGHN: Gutspark Escheberg , online at https://wp.eghn.org/de/gutspark-escheberg/ accessed 2019-11-12

Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 50 ″  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E