Finkenau Castle

Finkenau Castle

Mill Finkenau

Castle Finkenau , late 15th century as a manor designed and rebuilt as a mansion in 1828, is in the district Finkenau the town of Maple in Coburg . The ensemble includes a sheepfold with a shepherd's apartment, a sheep wash and the finch mill.

Geographical location

Castle Finkenau located in the municipality Ahorner part Finkenau (Creidlitzer street 1) in Coburg , government district of Upper Franconia . The federal road 303 Coburg– Schweinfurt runs between Ahorn and Finkenau . The Itz flows through Finkenau and the castle grounds are located on the western bank.

history

The earliest documented mention of the Finkenmühle dates back to April 4, 1418, when a Hans Mullner wanted to lease the "Vinkenmul" from the Saalfeld monastery , the owner at the time. In 1451 the mill went to the Lords of Rosenau , who over the next five decades expanded Finkenau into a manor with a manor house. In 1507 the mill passed into other ownership and in 1609 the entire manor came to the Lords of Streitberg , who were now sitting at Ahorn Castle not far from it . They were also able to buy back the mill. Three years later, Duke Johann Casimir declared the manor an allod , the free property of the Streitbergers. In 1634, the Finkenau and Ahorn manors were devastated by imperial troops.

The Ritterhof Finkenau served from the beginning until the 18th century and then again from the 19th century as the outbuilding of the Ahorn property. In the middle of the 18th century the court councilors Grüner (Coburg) and Christ ( Ansbach ) were joint owners. On an old plan from 1791, the manor house was referred to as "Kastrum", that is, a fortified aristocratic seat. The sawmill belonging to the estate went up in flames for the second time after 1524 in 1798 and was rebuilt in 1799. In 1828 the owners had the tenant and hunter's house that belonged to the estate demolished down to the cellar and the present mansion built on the old vaults.

Building description

The seven- to four-axle, two-storey structure of the manor house from 1828 has a tent roof with a slight incline and a central chimney. A dwarf house with three window axes rises above the three central axes on the garden side . On the upper floor, a cantilevered balcony with fine railings is placed in front of the central axes, the three windows of which are made as arched doors. The windows on the ground floor are raised by sandstone lintels. The basement of the castle dates from the 15th century.

A little apart from the manor house, the sheepfold with shepherd's apartment has been preserved from the stock before 1828. Behind it is a “sheep wash”, a sandstone basin in which the sheep were bathed before they were sheared. Behind a newer inn stands the manor house, near the Itz a bridge toll house and below the road to Triebsdorf the Hofbrunnen. On the other side of the Itz is the long building of the Finkenmühle. The area included a small park and a baroque garden, mentioned in a document in 1791, of which nothing can be seen.

literature

• Fritz Mahnke: Palaces and castles in the vicinity of the Franconian Crown. Tape. 1st 3rd edition. Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse, Coburg 1974, pp. 39–40.
• Denis André Chevalley: Upper Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume IV ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52395-3 .

Web links

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

• Finkenau side of the Schorkendorf district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Finkenau side of the district of Schorkendorf (Ahorn)
2. ^ Fritz Mahnke: Palaces and castles in the vicinity of the Franconian Crown. Tape. 1st 3rd edition. 1974, p. 39.
3. ^ Fritz Mahnke: Palaces and castles in the vicinity of the Franconian Crown. Tape. 1st 3rd edition. 1974, p. 40.

Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 55.2 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 7.5 ″  E