Glött Castle

Castle in Glött

The former Fugger Castle Glött was a moated castle . It is located on the southern edge of the Danube valley in the municipality of Glött in the district of Dillingen, about 15 kilometers south of Dillingen on the Danube . The castle gave the Fugger-Glött line its name.

history

In 1537 Anton Fugger von der Lilie bought Ort and Glött Castle, located in the margraviate of Burgau , and had a two-storey three-wing complex with two round corner towers on the north wing, surrounded by a moat, built next to the existing castle from 1550 to 1560. In 1869, Regens Johann Evangelist Wagner bought the area from Count Fidel Ferdinand von Fugger-Glött for 25,000 guilders (including the representative castle, a massive farm building with a stable for horses and cattle, a chicken house, a spacious beneficiary's apartment and a private chapel) and opened therein the cretine institution for St. Joseph . The Dillinger Franciscan Sisters took care of the home residents. The first superior of the sanatorium was a daughter of the previous owner of the palace, Sr. M. Hildegard von Fugger-Glött, who moved into the building in September 1869 with 10 people in need of care.

The establishment of the institution was criticized mainly for financial reasons. But Regens Wagner countered the critic:

Then why does he buy when he has no money? you will say. Brothers, the undersigned already has money, but not enough. And now one must do it as one did with most and most glorious works of the Church: several stand together; then it's fine. - Let the state take care of these unfortunates! you say, brothers! The already heavily burdened state coffers cannot bear any new burden. If the state is to build, it will definitely be expensive. And the state does not get workers who work out of holy love and for free like the good Franciscan Sisters. There are things that belong to Christian Caritas and that only thrive under its care .

Regens Wagner was not disappointed. He received over 40,000 guilders in donations, King Ludwig II of Bavaria donated the equally beneficial and encouraging contribution of 800 guilders .

From 1932 to 1934 the east and west wings were extended to the south. In addition, a south wing was added as a fourth wing. During 1940 the gray buses came several times to pick up disabled people who never returned. From January 1941 until the end of the war, the castle was also used as a hospital.

From 1979 to 1981 further modifications took place. Connecting structures were added from the south wing to the two round corner towers and various farm buildings were removed.

The castle is owned by the Regens-Wagner-Institut Dillingen and is not open to the public. About 118 residents currently live in the charitable institution of the Regens-Wagner-Stiftung Glött .

From July 14th to 18th 2011, 450 years of Glött Castle and 300 years of Fugger von Glött were celebrated.

literature

• Harald Johannes Mann: "The father of deaf and dumb girls". Johann Evangelist Wagner (1807–1866) and his “charities”, in: Regens-Wagner-Stiftung Dillingen (Ed.): 150 Years of the Regens-Wagner-Institut Dillingen 1847–1997, Dillingen 1997.
• Karl Pörnbacher: Regens Johann Evangelist Wegner. Pastor and lawyer for people with disabilities, Lindenberg 2002.
• Erich Pawlu : Schlösser im Landkreis Dillingen, Dillingen 2003, pp. 17–19.
• Martin Kluger: The Fugger. The German Medici in and around Augsburg, Augsburg 2009, p. 186.
• Walter Ansbacher: A permanent memorial of Christian charity. Anniversary. The Regens Wagner Foundation in Glött was inaugurated 140 years ago. How the institution became what it is today in: Donauzeitung, Thursday, September 10, 2009 / No. 208, p. 39.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.historisches-in-nordschwaben.de/gallerie/thumbnails.php?album=47
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ cit. n. Mann 1997, p. 46 f
4. ↑ Pörnbacher 2002, p. 46

Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '55.3 "  N , 10 ° 29' 2.8"  E