Eybach Castle

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Eybach Castle from the castle garden
Entrance gate and castle wall
Inner courtyard of the castle

Castle Eybach is an original mid-16th century built Renaissance - castle in Geislingen district Eybach in Göppingen district . It was replaced in the 18th century by Count August Christoph von Degenfeld -Schonburg with today's facility in the transition style from Rococo to Classicism and is still owned by this family today. The castle is a structural example of the plait style .

description

The castle is not a completely closed four-wing complex. In the south is the two-storey main building with a mansard roof and a central projection towards the park . To the east is the two-story east wing of the same length, which is also provided with a mansard roof. Two gatehouses from the time of the previous building from 1540 adjoin the east wing. Two utility buildings border the courtyard to the north and west. To the south of the main building is the palace garden, reduced in size by a street.

history

From 1291 the town of Eybach, including Hoheneybach Castle , was owned by the Ellwangen Monastery . Until the middle of the 15th century, several noble families were feudal men of the manor, including the Ahlfingen, the Randegg and the Knights of Zillenhard. In 1456 the place and the rule were sold to the family of the Counts of Degenfeld, who were enfeoffed with it by the Ellwangen Monastery in 1457. Between 1540 and 1546, Martin von Degenfeld built a renaissance castle, the predecessor of today's castle, which served as the family's main residence after the destruction of Hoheneybach Castle in the Thirty Years War . In the years 1766 to 1772, under Count August Christoph von Degenfeld, the main building of today's castle, carried out by the Württemberg state building inspector Johann Adam Groß , was built, which was followed by the east wing from 1772 to 1775. In 1810 the place came to Württemberg as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , but the castle remained in the possession of the Counts of Degenfeld-Schonburg. In 1976, a two-story building, the so-called Schlössle, had to be demolished because of the road construction .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Günter Schmitt: Castle Guide Swabian Alb. Volume 1 Northeast Alb. Biberach 1988, pp. 211-221. Here: p. 216.
  2. ↑ Dagmar Zimdars [edit.]: Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Baden-Württemberg I. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich, 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , p. 223.
  3. ↑ a b Information on Eybach Castle on eybach-web.de ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed June 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eybach-web.de
  4. ↑ Description of the Oberamt Geislingen. Issued by the Royal Statistical-Topographical Bureau; unchanged new edition of the version from 1842, Bissinger, Magstadt, 1976, pp. 195f.
  5. ↑ Information from the city of Geislingen ad Steige on Eybach Castle . Accessed June 5, 2014.
  6. ^ Walter Ziegler [ed.]: The district of Göppingen. Theiss, Stuttgart, 1985, ISBN 3-8062-0374-1 , pp. 168f.

Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '18.7 "  N , 9 ° 52' 27.8"  E