Krumbach Castle (Swabia)

The Krumbach Castle (in the foreground the Fronfeste built in 1835–1840, in the background the actual castle)

The Krumbach Castle is a purpose-built in 1530 three-storey Renaissance building in Krumbach in the Swabian district of Günzburg . The castle and the adjacent Catholic parish church of St. Michael , which were built at the northernmost end of the narrow ridge between the valleys of the Kammel and Krumbach , characterize the appearance of Krumbach.

history

The history of the castle goes back to the year 1125. This year the Lords of Krumbach and the castle site on which the castle stands today were mentioned for the first time. In the period between 1213 and 1301 the castle belonged to the Margraves of Burgau. After these died out, Krumbach, like the entire margraviate of Burgau , belonged to the Habsburgs for over 500 years, until 1805, who pledged it several times. The castle was always the official residence of the respective fiefdoms.

Today's Renaissance building was built in 1530 under the imperial councilor Hans Lamparter von Greifenstein. Later the fief went to the weavers of Pisenberg and again later to the counts of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn . Since the latter made changes to the castle around 1700, the castle is often referred to as the Liechtenstein Castle . These conversions consisted of the fact that the interior of the building was given a Baroque style, for example the stucco ceilings that have survived to this day date from this period.

After Krumbach became Bavarian in 1805, the castle was supposed to be demolished. The castle was retained, however, because the municipality acquired the building from the Bavarian state in order to set up the school there, which until then had been housed in the half-timbered building at the northern end of Kirchenstrasse , which was already too small for this . After all, the former castle housed the school from 1816 to 1838.

In 1837 the seat of the Ursberg Regional Court was relocated to the Krumbach Castle and accordingly renamed the Krumbach Regional Court . Later, the Krumbach Regional Court became the Krumbach District Office and again later, in 1939, the Krumbach District Office . Until the dissolution of the Krumbach district in 1972, the district office was located in Krumbach Castle. Moved to the time when the district court in the castle, in the years 1835-1840, the building instead of the so-called was at the southwest corner citizen tower built the Fronfeste in which - again until 1972 - the district court of the district had its headquarters. At first, a prison was also set up in this extension.

The Joseph Bernhart Academy for Social Education has been housed in the castle since 1975 . In the two previous years 1974/75 a general renovation took place. As the stability of the building was not sufficient for future use, extensive safety measures had to be carried out in the course of the renovation.

Building description

The Krumbach Castle is a three-storey Renaissance building with a steep gable roof whose gables are crenellated. The Fronfeste, built between 1835 and 1840 on a square floor plan with its tent roof, has five storeys with the same eaves height, as, unlike the castle, it no longer stands on the ridge, but already in the valley of the Krumbach. The original room layout in the interior of the castle is still preserved, but almost nothing of the furnishings has survived to this day, except for a few stucco ceilings.

Others

The older part of the Krumbach city park, which is bordered by the Kammel, Krumbach and the mountain on which the castle stands, is the former castle garden. For this reason, this area is also referred to as Schlossanger in old maps of Krumbach .

literature

• Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Landkreis Günzburg (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.91 / 1 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-87490-589-6 , p. 300-302 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Then a new building was built for the school southwest of the castle - at the point where the technical college stands today (von Hagen, B. & Wegener-Hüssen, A. 2004: p. 311)
2. ↑ Historical map of Krumbach and Hürben at the "Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online"

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 41.3 "  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 46.4"  E