Kühbach Castle

Kühbach Castle is a two-storey three-wing complex open to the south in the style of classicism . It is located in the middle of the market in Kühbach in the Aichach-Friedberg district as part of the historic Wittelbacher Land . The current structure goes back to the time between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century.

Middle wing (south side) of the castle

history

The current castle dates back to 1011. It emerged from the former convent buildings of the former Benedictine convent of St. Magnus . King Henry II. Confirmed that Graf Adalbero of Sempt-Ebersberg as screen Vogt is used the monastery. This also meant that he was responsible for the protective supervision of the monastery. After the noble family died out, the area passed to the Wittelsbach family in the 12th century . The castle was repeatedly a victim of wars and fires, and valuable building materials and cultural assets (e.g. library and archive) were lost.

Main portal in the middle wing of the castle

After its destruction in the Thirty Years War, the monastery was only partially rebuilt and changed several times over the years. During the secularization (1803) valuable art treasures were lost again. In 1820 the south wing was torn down and replaced by a wall with a wrought iron grille. Duke Max in Bavaria , father of the legendary Sisi , acquired the monastery and the goods belonging to it in 1831. The duke, who also owned the neighboring moated castle Unterwittelsbach , used the castle for lavish parties. The park and the magnificent palace hall were redesigned by Duke Max.

After a devastating fire in 1860, the castle was rebuilt in the classical style. In the west wing of the building there is still the gate tower from 1696. In 1862 the castle passed into the possession of the baronial Beck-Peccoz family .

After 1945 the castle was used for a short time as accommodation for refugees. After that it went back into the hands of Beck-Peccoz.

The castle and the park, with the two imposing bronze ibexes, the family's heraldic animal, are not open to the public.

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  Bronze ibex in the forecourt of the castle

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  Partial view of the information board near the lock

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  View of the front side of the castle through the western castle tower

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  View through the western castle tower into the forecourt and the eastern castle wing (inside)

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  Western castle tower

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  Eastern castle wing

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  West wing of the castle (inside)

literature

• Wilfried Sponsel: Castles, palaces and residences in Bavarian Swabia, Augsburg 2006, pp. 140–141.
• Georg Paula , Christian Bollacher: Aichach-Friedberg district (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.87 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-87490-591-6 , p. 336-338 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.myheimat.de/kuehbach/kultur/150-jahre-familie-von-beck-peccoz-in-kuehbach-d2410788.html

Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '30.1 "  N , 11 ° 10' 57.7"  E