Großkühnau Castle

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Großkühnau Castle
Vineyard house

The Castle Großkühnau is part of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom , which in the second half of the 18th century under the reign of Prince . Leopold III Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau (1740-1817) was created. Today it is located in the Großkühnau district of Dessau- Roßlau . The castle is listed in the local monument register under registration number 094 40084 as a monument .

history

The castle was built on behalf of Prince Dietrich von Anhalt-Dessau in 1754 with flat risalits , a spacious staircase and two-flight wooden stairs in the late Baroque style. The architect is not known, but it is assumed that he is Christian Friedrich Damm . Prince Albert Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau (1750–1811), a son of Leopold II , had the palace redesigned in 1780 with portal designs, the staircase and the garden room, in part in a classical style. Only the ballroom on the first floor was decorated with decorative paintings based on designs by Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff . The garden was designed from 1753 to 1764 by Johann Leopold Ludwig Schoch .

The castle had been used as a school for the Reich Labor Service (RAD) since August 20, 1932. Since January 1998 the castle has been the headquarters of the Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation.

description

The castle is a simple, rectangular two-storey brick building on a sandstone base with a two-armed flight of stairs . The Kühnauer Park , which is also a listed building , is part of the palace complex .

location

The castle with its park is located on the northern outskirts, south of the Kühnauer See . 300 meters to the northeast are the remains of the Kühnau Wallburg in the so-called Burgwallwiesen.

literature

  • v. Patrons: Spaten und Ähre - The manual of the German youth in the Reich Labor Service. Kurt Vowinckel Verlag , Heidelberg-Berlin 1937, (D. Heim)

Web links

Commons : Schloss Großkühnau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt . (PDF) State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Hans and Doris Maresch: Saxony-Anhalt's palaces, castles and mansions . Husum, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89876-776-7 , pp. 95-96 .
  3. ↑ a b c Groß Kühnau Castle. alleburgen.de, accessed on October 16, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 14.4 "  N , 12 ° 10 ′ 46.4"  E