Kleineibstadt Castle

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The Kleineibstadt Castle was a three-wing Renaissance building on the edge of the Großeibstadt district of Kleineibstadt in the Rhön-Grabfeld district ( Lower Franconia ). The aristocratic residence was destroyed by lightning in 1900 and later completely demolished.

history

The property originally belonged to the Counts of Henneberg and later came to the Würzburg monastery . The bishopric sold Kleineibstadt in 1554 to the knight Valtin von Münster , but retained the sovereign rights. The lost mansion was built between 1581 and 1594 under the Lords of Münster, who only sold the property to private individuals in 1866. In 1900, a lightning bolt set the palace on fire. Then the ruins were almost completely removed. The inventory volume from 1915 can still tell of the remains of the stair tower, which have now disappeared.

description

Today, apart from a few old photographs, nothing is reminiscent of the stately palace of the Lords of Münster. The three-story mansion was considered to be one of the most beautiful Renaissance complexes in Lower Franconia. Short wings, flanked by round towers, adjoined the elongated main building. The steep gable roofs were covered with volute gables with attachments. The upper part of the domed round towers were surrounded by post-Gothic tracery panels. A slender, five-storey stair tower with a lantern dome towered over the other components.

literature

  • The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 3: Administrative region of Lower Franconia & Aschaffenburg. = The art monuments of Lower Franconia & Aschaffenburg. Issue 13: Hans Karlinger : District Office Königshofen. With a historical introduction by Hans Ring. Oldenbourg, Munich 1915 (Unchanged reprint. Ibid 1983, ISBN 3-486-50467-3 ).
  • Heinrich Mehl, Michael Neubauer: Castles and palaces. Landmarks of a landscape. A guide through Rhön-Grabfeld . Mack, Mellrichstadt 1977.
  • Reinhold Albert : In 1900, lightning struck the castle in Kleineibstadt . In: The grave field. Home pages for culture, history and customs in the grave field . 2, 1996, ZDB -ID 1352626-1 , pp. 2-5.

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 32.6 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 36.1 ″  E