Neuburg Castle on the Kammel

Neuburg an der Kammel

South side of the castle

Schlossallee

Neuburg an der Kammel Castle is elevated above the market town of Neuburg an der Kammel in the Günzburg district . Together with the parish church of St. Mariae Himmelfahrt standing on a lower plateau , the building complex, consisting of the three-storey main building with a gable roof and crenellated gable, two-aisled chapel, gate tower and various economic buildings, defines the townscape.

history

According to the inscription above the pointed arch gate, the patrician Hans Christoph Vöhlin and his wife Veronika von Freyberg had the castle built from 1562 to 1567. The old castle was demolished. During the Thirty Years' War , the building suffered considerable damage from fire. Around 1658 the ruined castle was rebuilt in the Renaissance style by Christoph von Vöhlin . The rooms were further modernized from 1720 to 1730. When the male line of the Vöhlin family died out, the daughters, who lived there until 1816, inherited the castle. Subsequently, the area fell to the Bavarian crown and became the baronial familyAretin , which was the owner until 1984. Extensive renovations were carried out after the sale by the Aretins. The castle complex has been used as a restaurant since 1998 .

Building description

The palace complex, built in the Renaissance style, is symmetrically aligned on a central axis. Behind the filled ditch is the imposing square entrance gate tower with pincer square edges on the basement and an octagonal structure that dates from the 17th century. The three-arched access bridge over the neck ditch is in front of the gate tower. The direct connection to the gate tower is a wooden bridge, which in earlier times could be pulled up in case of danger. Various utility buildings flank the castle courtyard, each of which has a round tower with a pointed helmet on the west gables, which is connected to the gate tower by a piece of wall. A lattice between four stone pillars closes the courtyard off from a little garden directly in front of the castle. The three-story main building ... has an eccentric double portal on the west side to the ground floor and the basement. The arched windows are not distributed symmetrically. A short transverse corridor from the west and a gate in the north gable leads to the entrance hall, which is located in the middle of the three-part floor plan. Except for one, all the rooms on the ground floor are vaulted, the western ones with one or two central columns . On the first floor there are plenty of rooms with stucco or wooden coffered ceilings. In contrast, the apartments on the second floor are much more modest. The palace chapel on the ground floor houses an altar from around 1720/30, as well as two side altars with the group of the Descent of the Cross on the left - a major work by Christoph Roth from the 1st third of the 17th century - and a clothed Virgin and Child from the 2nd Half of the 18th century right .

The area is enclosed on three sides by a circular wall that supports a battlement built around 1567. An old avenue of lime trees leads to the main portal of the castle.

and display information about the image

Panoramic picture of Neuburg Castle on the Kammel, viewed from the west

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.schloss-neuburg.de/index.html
2. ^ Meyer: Castles and palaces in Bavarian Swabia. 1979, p. 125 ff.
3. ^ Meyer: Castles and palaces in Bavarian Swabia. 1979, p. 127.

literature

• Werner Freybourg: Palaces, castles and ruins in Bavarian Central Swabia. Volume 1: District of Günzburg. Selbstverlag, Krumbach 1989, pp. 84-87.
• Werner Meyer : Castles and palaces in Bavarian Swabia. A manual with 122 pictures and 8 color plates. Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-8035-1015-5 , pp. 123-128.

Web links

Commons : Castle Neuburg on the Kammel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website Neuburg Castle

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 20.7 "  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 34.1"  E