Fechenbach Castle

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Fechenbach Castle in Collenberg, 2007

Fechenbach Castle , also called Fechenbach Castle , was built in 1754/55 by the court and cathedral master builder Johann Michael Fischer (1727–1788) for Nikolaus Damian Freiherrn von Reigersberg. It is located in the east of today's municipality of Collenberg in the Lower Franconian district of Miltenberg on the southern edge of the Spessart on the right bank of the Main .

history

Wilhelm Damian Freiherr von Reigersberg inherited the Collenburg from the Electoral Mainz Chancellor Nikolaus Georg von Reigersberg , whose wife was a granddaughter of the last Rüdt von Collenberg . Since this was uninhabitable for the young nobleman, he decided to build a new castle at the foot of Fechenbergs on the edge of the then town Fechenbach and commissioned for the court and cathedral architect Johann Michael Fischer planning. Both were in the service of the Würzburg Prince-Bishop Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads ; they served in the von Hutten military legion . The plans could no longer be carried out, however, as von Reigersberg died in 1751 at the age of 29. His younger brother Franz Gottlob von Reigersberg, not yet of legal age, then built the Franconian baroque palace together with his guardian Johann Philipp Karl Anton von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach and Johann Michael Fischer.

After the death of Prince-Bishop von Greiffenclau, the legality of the fiefdom was challenged and the baroque and rococo style of the palace remained unfinished, and the facade was also unplastered.

In 1842 the Frankfurt banker's son , Franz Freiherr von Bethmann, bought the entire property of the Reigersberg. He had an apartment built on the first floor of the left wing. After 1918 his son Alexander Freiherr von Bethmann sold most of the property, parts of the building belonging to the castle and the ruins of Collenburg to the community.

Modern times

In 1941, with the support of the NSDAP , the Miltenberg district office set up a home for children to be sent to the castle . On September 19, 1942, the Großostheim wood manufacturer Anton Wissler, who owned the part of the castle belonging to Helene Baroness von Bechtolsheim, née Freiin von Bethmann, built a war dwelling for his family there.

In 1945 the US military government confiscated the site and the Johanniszweigverein Aschaffenburg leased it to build an orphanage. A donation of the castle to the Johanniszweigverein in 1954 failed because the Wissler community of heirs refused to give their consent. The owner offered to renovate the house and rent it in an expanded condition. The rental failed because the high proportion of wood contradicted the Bavarian building code and fire protection regulations. In the 1990s, the monument protection office found dry rot infestation , the removal of which was time-consuming and costly. Complete gutting and the replacement of wood in steel and concrete parts in the years 2004–2006 were able to eliminate the fungal infestation. The investor intends to rent the historic and listed building as a training and conference center and for events.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New German Biography, Vol .: 5, p. 194, Falck - Fyner (first: Faistenberger), Berlin, 1961
  2. ^ Entry about Johann Philipp Karl Anton von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach in catholic-hierarchy (English)

Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 12.5 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 19.1 ″  E