Michelbach Castle

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The Michelbach Castle (also Michel Bacher castle is called) one of a medieval moated castle product derived renovated former castle in Alzenau - Michelbach in the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia .

location

The castle stands at the intersection of state roads 2305 /2444 north of the brook flowing past Weibersbach in Kahlaue .

history

If there was a previous castle that low noble family first mentioned with the 1234 of Michelbach in communication (Wigand Michelbach and his son of the same), and that the grave stone of 1245 the Gutda , widow of Wigand Michelbach and nun of the convent Himmelthal in Elsavatal , once had a verifiable certificate, can only be assumed. The von Michelbach are recorded in 1381 with Heinrich von Michelbach , dean in the Bartholomäusstift of Frankfurt am Main and canon canon of Aschaffenburg , 1387 with his brother Hermann von Michelbach, cleric and scholar in Frankfurt and from 1395 vicar at the Bartholomäusstift. In 1529, the Seligenstadt Abbey, the largest landlord in the village of Michelbach, issued an inheritance letter for the Seligenstädter Hof zu Michelbach.

The later moated castle from the 16th century (1592 visible on a drawing of the Steinheimer Amtskeller Adam Jordan ), the first owners are Baron Rupertus de Willemin and Freiherr Ferdinand Kaspar Joseph von Wrede , is only present in the foundation walls of the later built castle. Wrede had the castle rebuilt in its current form in 1700 and then used it as a baroque aristocratic country residence. A Marquis Gerard du Chastler is mentioned as the later owner , in 1824 it came to Julie von Warendorf , around 1855 Karl Edmund Ritter von Horstig, called von Engelbrunner, is named. Only a few years later it came to the Frankfurt councilor David Domer , who acquired the castle in 1862, had it renovated and used it as a summer residence. He had three daughters: Pauline Becker, Emilie Hendschel, Elise Cornill.

The Michelbach community acquired it in 1930 from the Domer / Hendschel family . From 1949 it was the parish of the place to use. On July 1, 1975, Michelbach was incorporated into the city of Alzenau as part of the regional reform in Bavaria . Until 1980 the castle was used as a retirement home and kindergarten . From 1980 the Alzenau Heimat- und Geschichtsverein established a local history collection on the ground floor of the castle.

At the beginning of the 21st century it was modernized as part of a renovation and now houses the Alzenau City Museum . In 2009, the city of Alzenau was awarded the Lower Franconia District Prize for the Preservation of Historic Buildings. The entry in the list of monuments reads: "Schloßstraße 11. Former moated castle, in the core 16th century, changed in the 18th century, mansard roof building with two corner towers".

Todays use

Due to a general renovation and renovation from 2002 to September 2006, which was also connected with a comprehensive redesign of the area and significantly upgraded the center of Michelbach, it became the museum of the city of Alzenau. It can also be used as an event location. The exhibition on the subject of "Regionality and Change - Forays through a border region", designed according to modern museum educational aspects, describes the special historical situation of the region, which was always affected by the borderlines of the Mainz , Hanau and Rieneckers , regional independence and profound changes. The following subject areas are offered to visitors:

some of which can be experienced interactively .

description

The baroque storey siebenachsige palace with mansard roof on all sides, in north-south orientation located and with staircase into a simple entry portal , is on the visible front of two equal octagonal staircase towers flanked at both corners, the north a single-storey building in L- Form connects to the east. An event hall with an atmospheric ambience for cabaret , chamber music and exhibitions was created on the upper floor of the castle .

In the palace gardens grow more than 100 roses in about 55 varieties, so it's worth, a museum visit with a walk through the garden, and a trip to the museum café in the carriage house connect to.

literature

  • Heinz Rötter: Schlösser in Unterfranken , Verlag Neue Presse, 1991
  • Walter Schilling: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia , Echter Verlag Würzburg , ISBN 978-3-429-03516-7 , p. 96 ff.
  • City of Alzenau (ed.): Alzenauer contributions to local history. Volume 3, Museum of the City of Alzenau in the Michelbach Castle . Alzenau 2006. ISSN  1610-4897 , 74 pages

Web links

Commons : Schloss Michelbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Table 1 of the Alzenau Culture Trail 3 “From the ring wall to the country seat” of the Archaeological Spessart Project (ASP) www.spessartprojekt.de
  2. ↑ The epitaph in the church of St. Gallus, Laurentius and Sebastian von Michelbach in the transept on the back wall at the back left: www.kunstwanderungen.de: Mömbris and the Kahlgrundweg
  3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 736 .
  4. ^ Monument Preservation: District of Lower Franconia: Advancement Award 2009
  5. ↑ therefore the type is actually a hipped roof

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 7.6 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 15.1 ″  E