Gleisenau Castle

West view of the castle

The Castle Gleisenau is just outside the Ebelsbacher local part Gleisenau in district Haßberge in Unterfranken . The former aristocratic residence served as a primary school until the 2012/2013 school year, while the outbuildings house municipal facilities.

history

Originally the place belonged to the Ebelsbach line of the Lords of Rotenhan . In 1417 the awarded Bishopric of Bamberg , the feud with the associated mill to the patrician Hans Dynter. In 1465 Heinrich Fuchs von Wallburg acquired Gleisenau from Jörg Kotner. In 1767 the Fuchs family sold the village and castle together with shares in Ebelsbach to the cathedral dean Otto Philipp Erhart Ernst Groß von Trockau . In 1968 the property passed from the Groß to the Schweinfurt company Kugelfischer , which converted the building into a company training facility. In 1994 the community of Ebelsbach was able to acquire the former summer and hunting seat. The outbuildings now house the municipal administration and the Ebelsbach administrative community . The primary school was housed in the main building until 2013 and was sometimes referred to as the “most beautiful primary school in Bavaria” because of its elegant ambience.

The stately mansion was built in 1772/73 under Otto Philipp Erhart Ernst Groß von Trockau . The old moated castle from 1548 had to be completely abandoned for this purpose, only parts of the farm buildings remained (re. 1609). The other ancillary buildings are dated to 1771, i.e. they were built immediately before the new construction of the palace and the palace chapel on Dorfstrasse.

The castle has belonged to the Ebelsbach community since 1994.

Building description

Southwest view of the castle with a drained moat, arched bridge and two preserved pavilions

Castle with pond, east view

The actual palace building stands on a mighty stone base with protruding corner bastions that formerly supported pavilions (partially preserved). In the west, a brick arched bridge enables access over the drained trenches of the previous facility.

The three-story mansion is structured by corner pilasters and cornices between the floors. On the long sides, the central axes are formed into risalits , the curved gables of which swing slightly up over the eaves of the mansard roof . The adjacent window axes are flanked by pilasters with rusticated ground floor zones. The two portals in the west and east are closed like a basket arch and adorned with the coat of arms of the Groß von Trockau. In terms of style, the castle is at the transition from late Rococo to early classicism .

View of the castle church from the street

The outbuildings appear very representative due to their mansard roofs and the two-storey central building. The castle church connects to the south. The magnificent facade faces the street and is structured by pilasters, rich sculptures ( capitals , window frames and the builder's coat of arms) and a triangular gable. The gable is enlivened by free-standing decorative vases and a sandstone cross. The roof structure carries a six-sided roof turret with a curved dome.

literature

• The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 3: The art monuments of Lower Franconia & Aschaffenburg. Booklet 4: Hans Karlinger : District Office Hassfurt. Oldenbourg, Munich 1912 (unaltered reprint. Ibid 1983, ISBN 3-486-50458-4 ).
• Anton Rahrbach, Jörg Schöffl, Otto Schramm: Palaces and castles in Lower Franconia - A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Lower Franconian independent cities and districts . Hofmann Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-87191-309-X , p. 160.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 20.9 ″  N , 10 ° 41 ′ 1.9 ″  E