Hungen Castle

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Hunger Castle
Castle garden

The Schloss Hungen is a castle in Hesse Hungen in Gießen district .

history

There is evidence of a castle in Hungen from 1383, which was owned by the Falkensteiners . It was probably built after Hungen was granted city rights in 1361. In 1418 the Falkensteiners died out and parts of their property, including the castle in Hungen, fell to the Counts of Solms . Around 1455, Bernhard II von Solms-Braunfels built a larger castle at this point, presumably using the fabric of the previous building. The building was expanded about 30 years later, in 1487–1492, by Bernhard III. before Count Philipp also redesigned the area. He had some parts of the building demolished and instead erected a stair tower (1574). In 1616 the city wall and ramparts were built. This wall was breached by Hungen during the construction of the Gießen – Gelnhausen railway line .

During the Second World War, the palace served the National Socialists as a collection point for Jewish cultural property stolen from Western Europe, especially libraries. After the war the complex was used as a retirement home and residence for Turkish guest workers.

In 1974, the owner at the time, Hans Georg von Oppersdorf, donated the dilapidated castle to a community of owners who restored the building . For Heritage Day 2014, the castle forty years was presented again after the donation of the public.

literature

  • Adolf Hampel: My long way to Moscow: Selected memories , Hess, Bad Schussenried 2012, ISBN 978-3873369504
  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.); Karlheinz Lang (arr.): Cultural monuments in Hessen. District of Giessen I. Hungen, Laubach, Lich, Reiskirchen. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8062-2177-0
  • FJ Hoogewoud (Ed.): The history of the stolen books in Hungen and Hirzenhain (1943-1946) , book accompanying the exhibition, Hungen 2004
  • Sven Weigel: Castles and palaces in the Gießen district. Emil Winter, Heuchelheim 2000, ISBN 3926923288 .
  • Klaus Dieter Wildhack: Hungen Castle. From feudal residence to residential complex , Freundeskreis Schloss Hungen, Hungen 1999
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , pp. 195f.

Web links

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

Remarks

  1. ↑ Frits J. Hoogewoud & Sabine Arndt: "On transport". German stations of “seized” Jewish and Masonic libraries from France and the Netherlands 1940 - 1949. Ed. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library . CW Niemeyer , Hameln 2005, ISBN 3-8271-8818-0 ISSN  1610-4439 exhibition catalog, detailed. Bibliography. Also: Erhard Eller, Hungen City Archives: Hungen Castle is a secret. The history of the stolen books in Hungen and Hirzenhain 1943 - 1946. - See also: Documents and pictures on the Jewish history of Hungen. An exhibition in Hungen Castle, November 12th to December 5th, 2004
  2. ↑ Colorful mixed group rescued castle , Gießener Allgemeine, April 11, 2014
  3. ^ Castle to be given away in FAZ from September 15, 2014, page 39

Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 27.5 ″  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 57.5 ″  E