Kissing Castle
The former Kissing Castle ("Bäckerwirt") was originally the seat of the judge of the Kissing court in today's Aichach-Friedberg district in Swabia . The three-storey gable roof was built around 1715 on behalf of the Jesuits and was converted into an inn in the early 19th century.
history
Around 1500 the captain Konrad Bering acquired the property from the Altomünster monastery and built a house on it. For this purpose, a previous building had to be demolished. On July 15, 1530, on the occasion of the Augsburg Reichstag ( Augsburg Confession ) , Emperor Charles V took part in a banquet in the garden of the property together with 17 princes.
In 1560 Melchior Manlich from Augsburg started a new building. Just three years later, the indebted builder had to sell the house to Hieronimus Miesing, who passed it on to Melchior Ilsung - also because of over-indebtedness . Ilsung was finally able to complete the construction. The participation of the young Elias Holl (1595), who reports on it in his autobiography (“... and in his castle a graceful garden wall on round pillars and arches, also a beautiful side wall built from scratch”) is significant in terms of architectural history .
In 1603 the Jesuits of Augsburg bought the property from the Ilsung family. Around 1703/04 the order had the building erected in simple baroque forms . At the same time, the new building of the nearby Mergenthau Castle was built . The stately property under the parish church of St. Stephan was assigned to the court judge as an apartment and official residence. On the upper floor, some living rooms were kept ready for the friars. The design is likely to come from Hans Georg Mozart , whose involvement in Mergenthau is documented by a copy of the building invoice.
The Jesuit order was abolished as early as 1773. The small castle came into the possession of the Catholic Study Fund Augsburg, which finally had it auctioned in 1809. Master baker Josef Merkl was awarded the contract, and he set up a bakery and an inn there. Since then, the building has been called "Bäckerwirt".
In 1970, the original staircase with its wooden baluster railing was removed during a renovation . The stucco of the rooms on the second floor and the baroque door frames could, however, be preserved. During a later exterior renovation, the original facade structure was almost restored. Today the castle still houses a restaurant.
description
The "Bäckerwirt" stands on the slope under the parish church in the center of Altkissing. The second floor is separated from the former official residence by a strong cornice. The gables are accentuated by two additional bands. The gable sides each have four, the long side five window axes. The building edges are structured by a painted corner cuboid, the windows are surrounded by drilled frames.
The entrance portal on the south side with its curved end is likely to date from the 18th century, but is not the original door frame. The saddle roof is bent in the lower part and carries some dormers with arched windows. A sundial adorns the south gable , underneath an elevator beam jumps out of the wall surface.
The building section, which adjoins at right angles to the west, also had three storeys, the roof seems to have been a little lower (view on a copper engraving by Michael Wening , around 1710).
An original door from the construction period has been preserved inside the second floor. The entrance to the former chapel is the most elaborate. The portal is flanked by two carved columns, the door still has its original fittings. Three rooms are furnished with stucco ceilings by the master Mathias Lotter (1725). The ceiling mirror of the chapel bears a relief depicting the Jesuit saint Ignatius of Loyola , to whom Our Lady appears.
literature
- M. Graf: History of the Hofmark Kissing at the couple. Donauwoerth 1894.
- S. Hiereth: The district courts Friedberg and Mering. Historical Atlas of Bavaria. Part Swabia. Issue 1. Munich 1952.
- Kissing - past and present. Kissing parish 1983.
- Christof Metzger, Ulrich Heiss, Annette Kranz: Country estates of Augsburg patricians. Munich, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-06574-1 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 50.6 ″ N , 10 ° 59 ′ 22.2 ″ E