Leipheim Palace

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Leipheim Palace
Leipheim Palace

Leipheim Palace is a three-story, towering saddle building in the Renaissance style ; the ground floor dates back to the 11th century. It is elevated on a steep mountain slope on the western edge of the city of Leipheim in the district of Günzburg . The coat of arms of the Lords of Gussen is depicted in the southeastern gable of the castle. The round tower attached to the south of the castle has a convexly arched pointed helmet. The castle is surrounded by a walled front garden and a stately castle wall with several round towers with concave pointed helmets. The terrain, which slopes sharply to the north and west, forms the palace garden.

history

Presumably Gumbrecht von Leipheim, mentioned in a document in 1065, had his fortified residence here. The Leipheim Castle was first mentioned in 1343. From here the noble knight dynasty of the von Gusses ruled, whose ancestral castle was near Hermaringen in the Brenz valley . In 1373 the Counts of Württemberg bought the castle and the city (since 1330). In 1453 these were sold on to the imperial city of Ulm , whose bailiffs ruled the city of Leipheim from the palace.

Castle garden

The construction of today's castle began in 1559. As the walls of the previous building were recycled, they were forced to build upwards, which resulted in huge roof areas and towering gables. During the Thirty Years' War Leipheim Palace was looted and destroyed by the imperial troops. Since the city of Ulm lacked the necessary funds to repair the castle, a comprehensive renovation was never carried out. In 1802 Leipheim came to Bavaria as a result of mediatization and the castle in need of renovation became the seat and residence of the Royal Bavarian district forester .

In 1826 the object was auctioned and acquired by Samuel Schwab for 1460 guilders. But the new owner sold the castle to Magdalena von Zöpfhahn a year later for 2,400 guilders. The new owner married Baron Marquard von Stain in 1829. The castle remained in the possession of the baronial family for nine years. Many castle owners followed: u. a. Baron Ferdinand Schilling von Cannstatt and Hans Panke, a merchant who emigrated to Brazil, who spent the summer months at the castle and the rest of the year in South America. In 2004 the inventory was auctioned.

In 2006, Liqui Moly managing director Ernst Prost acquired Leipheim Castle for € 362,500 and had it extensively renovated.

literature

  • Harald Kächler, Wolfgang Adler: Castles around Ulm. 35 noble houses and manors. Süddeutsche Verlags-Gesellschaft, Ulm 1996, ISBN 3-88294-230-4 , pp. 48-50.
  • Werner Freybourg: Palaces, castles and ruins in Bavarian Central Swabia. Volume 1: District of Günzburg. Self-published, Krumbach 1989, pp. 38-40.

Web links

Commons : Leipheim Palace  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Auction house Nagel (Stuttgart), auction 391 (March 2004)
  2. ↑ Leipheimer Schloss now sold . In: myheimat.de . ( myheimat.de [accessed June 30, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Die Zeit No. 11/2011 of March 11, 2011

Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '59.4 "  N , 10 ° 13' 7.7"  E