Fasanerie Castle (Eichenzell)

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Aerial view of the palace complex
Restored middle section with historically correct coloring (June 2012)

Schloss Fasanerie is a castle in Eichenzell near Fulda . Originally after fuldischen abbot Adolph von Dalberg as Castle Adolphseck designated 18th century by the museum administration as the most beautiful baroque palace in Hesse called and is open to visitors.

history

Fasanerie Castle, south side wing

Around 1710 a modest country palace was built under the Fulda abbot Adalbert von Schleifras , presumably under Johann Dientzenhofer . From 1730 the castle was expanded under Prince Abbot Adolph von Dalberg. This building closes the second courtyard with its gate to the east. Until 1757 it was magnificently expanded under Prince-Bishop Amand von Buseck according to plans by the princely court architect Andrea Gallasini . With the secularization of the Fulda bishopric through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803, the Fulda possessions came to Nassau-Orange-Fulda , which in turn was annexed by Napoleon I in 1806 and became part of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt in 1810 . As a result of the Congress of Vienna , the province of Fulda came to the Electorate of Hesse in 1816 . The castle served as a summer residence until the middle of the 19th century, after the annexation of Kurhessen in 1866 by Prussia , the property was expropriated and finally returned to Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel as a private residence in 1878 . His wife Princess Maria Anna of Prussia lived in the complex until 1918. The palace suffered severe damage during World War II .

Schloss Fasanerie is now part of the Hessian House Foundation . The first showrooms were opened in 1951, and today's museum was established in 1972. In the Castle Museum , much of the art collection is the House of Hesse issued, among which are a significant collection of antiques and an extensive porcelain collection.

Extensive refurbishment and renovation work has been taking place since 2010, which, according to conservative estimates, is expected to cost 7.5 million euros. The lock gets its original exterior color in an off-white. The ocher yellow visible in older photos was first applied in the 1970s.

Buildings

The so-called Schlösschen, built by Johann Dientzenhofer

The castle is a complex of several wings around a series of courtyards. The original building is the old castle (so-called Schlösschen, built by the Fulda cathedral master builder Johann Dientzenhofer ), which is flanked in the middle of the complex, north and south, by two towers. To the east there are two farms with a stud farm that has been in operation to the present day, to the west is the almost square inner courtyard, as well as the courtyard , which is delimited in the middle by the ballroom building and which goes back to the expansion under Gallasini.

Garden front

The castle was once surrounded by a baroque garden , which today can only be seen in its basic structure. However, the Japanese tea house, for example, still bears witness to the glamorous splendor of the late Baroque era. The property includes a large park with a variety of different tree species, the naturalist Carl von Linné contributed to the design . This park is surrounded by a natural stone wall up to six meters high .

literature

Castle and Museum

  • Susanne Bohl: Paradise in the green - Schloss Fasanerie . In: Susanne Bohl and others (ed.): Fulda. 50 treasures and specialties . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7319-0425-0 , pp. 103-107.
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler, Christine Klössel: Schloss Fasanerie - Museum and art collection of the House of Hesse. Schenck Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9807134-9-8 .
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , pp. 94-96.
  • Meinolf Siemer, Kornelia Wagner: Museum Schloss Fasanerie near Fulda. Westermann, Braunschweig 1988.

Park

  • Silke Altena, Wolfgang Wette: Park facilities Schloss Fasanerie / Fulda. In: Die Gartenkunst  25 (2/2013), Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2013, ISSN  0935-0519 , pp. 341–354.
  • Martin Engel: A floristic and faunistic portrait of the parks (castle and game park) of Schloss Fasanerie near Eichenzell, Fulda district. (= Contributions to natural history in East Hesse. Volume 50). Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2013, ISSN  0342-5452 , pp. 6-192.

Exhibition catalogs
(in chronological order)

  • Andreas Dobler among others: The dowry of a Tsar's daughter - masterpieces of Russian historicist art from the property of the Hessian House Foundation Museum Schloß Fasanerie. Edition Minerva, Eurasburg 1997, ISBN 3-932353-08-0 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler, Christine Klössel: Royal porcelain from France - collectibles and service from the Vincennes / Sèvres manufactory. Museum Schloss Fasanerie, Eichenzell near Fulda 1999.
  • Andreas Dobler among others: Interiors from the Biedermeier period - room watercolors from princely castles owned by the House of Hesse. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 978-3-937251-69-1 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler: Cases of Time - watches from five centuries owned by the Hessian House Foundation. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2002, ISBN 978-3-935590-35-8 .
  • Ralf von den Hoff, Andreas Dobler (ed.): Antiquity - highlights of the collection of Greek and Roman art from the House of Hesse. Museum Schloss Fasanerie, Eichenzell near Fulda 2005, ISBN 978-3-9807134-2-9 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler, Christine Klössel: "... add to the general interest" - new acquisitions by the Hessian House Foundation in 25 years (1981–2006). Museum Schloss Fasanerie, Eichenzell near Fulda 2006, ISBN 978-3-9807134-4-3 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler, Hildegard Wiewelhove: The Darmstadt silver chamber - works of old fine blacksmithing . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-290-1 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler, Christine Klössel: Prince Heinrich of Hesse - Enrico d'Assia (1927-1999), painter and collector. Museum Schloss Fasanerie, Eichenzell near Fulda 2009, ISBN 978-3-9807134-7-4 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler, Christine Klössel, Mikael Bøgh Rasmussen: Princely Children - Portraits from the 16th to the 20th Century in the House of Hesse. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-383-0 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler: Set tables in Schloss Fasanerie. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-9807134-8-1 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler: medals on royal porcelain - the iron helmet table service and the general porcelain from the Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86568-977-1 .
  • Markus Miller, Andreas Dobler and others: Courtly hunting in Hessen - event, privilege, pleasure. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7319-0571-4 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official website of Schloss Fasanerie
  2. ↑ The Collection of Antiquities. In: Schloss-Fasanerie.de. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ The porcelain collection. In: Schloss-Fasanerie.de. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Carla Ihle-Becker: "Not such a sad feeling anymore" - Schloss Fasanerie is doing itself. In: Osthessen-News.de. August 19, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 27.8 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 28.5"  E