Lindich Castle

Lindich Castle

The Lindich castle lies a few kilometers west of the city Hechingen in Zollernalbkreis ( Baden-Wuerttemberg ) and was built from 1738 to 1741.

Building history

The construction of the palace was commissioned by Prince Friedrich Ludwig . The building served the princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen as a hunting and pleasure palace, and at times also as a residence . From here you have always enjoyed a wonderful view of the Zollernalb .

The arrangement of the cavalier houses is said to have served as a model for Duke Karl Carl Eugen von Württemberg three decades later when building Solitude Palace .

Princess Eugénie lived here before she could move into the Villa Eugenia . Famous personalities were accommodated here as guests of the Hechingen princes: Emperor Napoleon III. , Ludwig Uhland , Hector Berlioz and Franz Liszt .

During the time of National Socialism , an SA sports school was set up at the beginning of May 1934 after the premises were renovated at the expense of the city of Hechingen , which was closed again in mid-1935.

In the post-war years up to the 1980s, the simple accommodations in the cavalier houses were rented out. Parts of the facility were used by the Princely Forestry Office (carriage shed, kitchen building, orangery) and the Hechingen Riding Club (horse stables). The main building stood empty after the Princess Eugénie Institute for Medicinal Plant Research (see below) moved out. In 1984 an 18-strong community of buyers acquired the baroque palace complex from the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family and converted it into residential property in 1987 in accordance with the Condominium Act (WEG). As a result, the main building and the cavalier houses were gradually renovated; most recently the facade of the main building (2005). The former carriage shed, which stands outside the semicircle, was also converted into a residential building after 1987.

layout

The building was built in the Rococo style. The floor plan of the two-story building is square. It is closed off by a mansard roof with a lantern , which is crowned by a vase.

A small portico with two columns is in front of the main front of the building. The high entrance hall with its round arches and the spacious staircase served for representation. The carefully crafted coffered bottoms are well preserved.

Castle Park

Environment: Cavalier's House

The park was oriented in a star shape towards the castle. The paths that radiate towards the building are still clearly visible.

Surroundings

Six cavalier houses, namely: an orangery , two residential houses (one of which is now a restaurant), two horse stables (which were converted into residential houses) and the kitchen building with vaulted cellar (today also residential building), each with mansard roofs , were arranged in a semicircle around the castle. They were used to receive the court . Here employees of the court or couriers found their place.

Princess Eugénie Institute for Medicinal Plant Research

The pharmaceutical botanist Karl Hummel from the University of Tübingen , with the support of the state and members of the university's teaching staff, set up the Princess Eugénie Institute for Medicinal Plant Research of the Society for Natural Science and Christian Education at Lindich Castle in 1946/1947 and headed it until 1976. ^{P. 153} The institute served as a research facility for doctoral students and had a large medicinal plant garden as well as several pharmacognostic and scientific history collections. In the so-called Lindich Talks , humanities and natural scientists exchanged their experiences and passed on their findings. ^{P. 146}

Todays use

The buildings cannot be visited as they are inhabited. There are several apartments in the main building. The cavaliers houses standing in a semicircle around the main building - one of which is a restaurant - are each self-contained condominium. A tour of the park is possible as part of the “Open Monument Day”.

literature

• Günter Schmitt : Castles, palaces and ruins in the Zollernalb district . Published by the Zollernalbkreis district office, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0186-6 , pp. 253-260.
• Julica Hiller-Norouzi: The furniture of Prof. Dr. Dr. Hummel In: auf \ zu: the cupboard in the sciences. by Anke Te Heesen, Anette Michels (eds.), Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Akademie Verlag, Tübingen 2007.
• Publications of the International Society for the History of Pharmacy eV Deutsche Apotheker-Biographie, Volume 2, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1997, p. 153.
• Armin Hermann and Armin Wankmüller: Physics, physiological chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Tübingen on Karl Hummel ; Contubernium, volumes 21-22, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1980, pp. 146, 147.
• Friedrich Hossfeld and Hans Vogel: The art monuments of Hohenzollern, first volume: Hechingen district . Holzinger, Hechingen 1939, p. 198 ff.
• Uwe A. Oster: Hechinger residences: Lindich Castle and Villa Eugenia. In: Zeitschrift für Hohenzollerische Geschichte 44 (129). 2008, p. 221. Online

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hohenzoller Historical Society , March 1995
2. ↑ see literature Deutsche Apotheker-Biographie: Karl Hummel
3. ↑ see literature Armin Hermann and Armin Wankmüller: Physics, physiological chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Tübingen

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '50.8 "  N , 8 ° 55' 17.7"  E