Geyern Castle

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Geyern Castle

Geyern Castle is a castle owned by the von Geyern taverns in Geyern , a district of the municipality of Bergen in the Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Central Franconia .

history

The forerunner of the castle was Geyern Castle , which, according to the shape of the complex, was built in the 12th or 13th century. The Geyern taverns were then called Herren von Hofstetten. They were ministerials to the Eichstatt bishops . The castle was conquered in 1260 in a dispute between the Reichshermarschalls von Pappenheim and the Bavarian dukes and was not returned by the Wittelsbachers and fell into disrepair. The Lords of Hofstetten therefore moved to a second castle in the local area. A castle, the Geyern castle complex , was later built on its remains . The Margrave of Ansbach was co-owner of the area from 1594, when he appointed the lords of Ehenheim, who are related to these , as his tenants (in the condominium with the taverns) .

In the geographical statistical-topographical lexicon of Franconia (1800) the condition of the place is described as follows:

“Geyern, (Gyern,) Filialkirchdorf with 10 Ansbach subjects and one foreigner. Here is a castle which is again divided into 3 special castles or kemnaten. One part is Ansbach, two belong to the baronial von Schenk family. The Ansbach part was demolished in 1757 and a officials' house was built in its place. From one tavern only the remainder of a wall and a tower can be seen, but the other, which is fiefdom of the Hochstifte Eichstätt, is still in its old condition. "

The castle was designed on the foundation walls of the margravial office from 1756 to 1870/75 in neo-Gothic forms. The building is still owned by the descendants of the von Geyern taverns.

Building description

  • Two-storey hipped roof building in neo-Gothic shapes, with four corner towers and a crenellated central tower, around 1870/75, the core of the office building from 1756; preserved parts of the keep of the medieval castle; Bridge, 18./19. century
  • Gardens, 19th century
  • Cemetery, probably 19th century, of Geyernsche's hereditary burial with a cast-iron memorial cross for Ludwig Freiherr Schenk von Geyern, around 1920

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingrid Burger-Segl, Walter E. Keller: Archaeological Walks, Volume 3: Middle Altmühltal and Franconian Lake District , p. 55 f.
  2. ↑ Bundschuh, Col. 317.
  3. ↑ List of monuments for Bergen (Middle Franconia) (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 18.4 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 13.5 ″  E