Festenberg Castle

Festenberg Castle

Festenberg Castle ( Polish : Pałac w Twardogórze ) is a castle in Twardogóra (German Festenberg ) in the Powiat Oleśnicki ( Oels district ) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .

history

Castle portal

Presumably a ducal castle already existed here when the city was founded in 1293 , which at that time belonged to the Duchy of Glogau and when it was divided it came to the Duchy of Oels . Later it was owned by von Borschnitz and von Dyhrn . From 1594 it belonged to the Barons Köckritz , who replaced the previous moated castle with a permanent house .

The barons Köckritz sold Festenberg in 1676 to Duchess Eleonore Charlotte von Württemberg-Mömpelgard (1656–1743), who had the castle rebuilt after 1685 in the early Baroque style. The current shape dates from 1715, when the castle was probably redesigned according to plans by Christoph Hackner . From 1743 the castle was owned by Heinrich Leopold von Reichenbach , who incorporated Festenberg and the castle into the neighboring Goschütz rule .

After the transition to Poland as a result of World War II in 1945, the castle was renovated from 1963 to 1966 and after 1973 two short side wings were added. The castle is currently used by a school association.

Building

The building is a rectangular two-storey plastered building with a mansard roof and a risalit on the front and back. The entrance portal shows the coat of arms and monogram of Duchess Eleonore Charlotte. Remains of trenches and earth walls are visible in the east and south. The baroque park was transformed into a landscape park in the 19th century.

literature

• Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. 93 f.
• Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland: Silesia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , p. 967 f.
• Arne Franke (Hrsg.): Small cultural history of the Silesian castles . tape 1 . Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 2015, p. 131 .
• Article Schloss Goschütz and Schloss Festenberg in: Schlesien heute, No. 2, 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Please add the year given at the source (Arne Franke)

Web links

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

• Historical and current views and geographic location
• Engraving from 1806, in the picture catalog of the Herder Institute

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 8.1 ″  N , 17 ° 27 ′ 50.7 ″  E