Hallenburg Castle

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Hallenburg Castle
Hallenburg Castle (January 2009)

Hallenburg Castle (January 2009)

Creation time : 1706-1712
Standing position : Imperial Counts
Place: slot
Geographical location 50 ° 40 '17.2 "  N , 9 ° 34' 0.8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 40 '17.2 "  N , 9 ° 34' 0.8"  E
Hallenburg Castle (Hesse)
Hallenburg Castle

The Hall Castle was the residence of the Counts of slot lies southeast of the old town of slot and went from a fixed Hofgut forth.

In addition to the Vorderburg , the Hinterburg with the Hinterturm and the Ottoburg , which were integrated into the city ​​wall and formed the medieval city ​​fortifications, there are seven castles in and around the city of Schlitz: the Schachtenburg , the lost Niederschlitz Castle and the ruins of the Seeburg .

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View from the back tower to Hallenburg Castle

On the parcel "Die Hall" there was originally a fortified courtyard belonging to the von Schlitz family. It was expanded in the 16th century and later became the permanent residence of the count family.

Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Schlitz called von Görtz had the baroque palace built on the site between 1706 and 1712. The plans came from Louis Rémy de la Fosse . In 1755 the castle burned down and was renovated. Around 1800, Count Karl Heinrich had the mansard roof removed and the hall castle added. This gave the castle its current classical appearance. According to plans by the master builder and then professor of construction at the University of Gießen Hugo von Ritgen , a historic extension in the Lower Saxony style was added in 1867 to the west side of the central economic building.

In 1954, the count's family donated the castle and park to the town of Schlitz . It was prepared with reinforcement of the ceilings for the school operation of a high school , but also destroyed the classical stucco ceilings. The grammar school existed in the castle from 1956 to 1977.

From 1978 to 2002 the castle was empty. There was water damage and severe dry rot infestation. Gutted, renovated and rebuilt from 2001 to 2003, the Hesse State Music Academy is now located in the castle . The palace garden room can be used for weddings.

The castle park in the style of English landscape gardens contains valuable groups of trees and rare domestic and foreign trees.

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Web links

Commons : Hallenburg Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The history of Hallenburg Castle ( memento of the original from March 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.schloss-hallenburg.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schloss-hallenburg.de
  2. ↑ http://www.schlitz.de
  3. ↑ Welcome to the Landesmusikakademie Hessen Schloss Hallenburg in Schlitz ( Memento from September 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )