Niederfüllbach Castle

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Niederfüllbach Castle (2005)

The Niederfüllbach Castle is a castle in the Upper Franconian municipality Niederfüllbach in Coburg .

history

The current building was built towards the end of the 17th century on the foundation walls of a castle that was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . This was first mentioned in 1317 as "burc fullebach".

In 1818 negotiations began between Prince Leopold von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , who later became the first King of Belgium, with the lord of the castle August Ernst Freiherr von Lichtenberg about the purchase of Niederfüllbach Castle; on July 3, 1819 the sale took place at a price of 130,000 Franconian guilders . In 1820 the castle was ceremoniously handed over to its new owner. In the same year, the renovation of the building began, during which the castle was also expanded. A second wing was built in 1830. After the death of Leopold I, his son Leopold II inherited the castle. He handed it over to the Niederfüllbach Foundation in 1907 .

The historical facility from the time of Leopold I was largely preserved and was partially sold by the Niederfüllbacher Foundation to the Coburg State Foundation around 1940 ; it is exhibited today in the Veste Coburg and in Rosenau Castle . Part of it remained in Niederfüllbach and was restored.

After the castle was partially cleared, it served various purposes: initially as a training facility during the National Socialist era , as a reserve hospital during the Second World War , then as a children's home and finally as a retirement home.

In 1957 the castle was badly damaged in a fire and stood empty until 1967. In 1964, the Niederfüllbacher Foundation initially planned to tear down the castle ruins, but this was prevented by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation . Two years later, the building was sold to Clodt von Pezold, who had it repaired, whereby the historical floor plan was retained. The castle is privately owned.

description

The building is a two-wing complex (south and west wing) with a corner bay window . The south wing was heavily damaged in the fire in 1957. The rooms of Prince Leopold were on the first floor of the south wing, the first floor in the west wing was reserved for the “first environment of Sr. Royal Highness the Prince”. On the ground floor there were rooms for the servants as well as a kitchen and bathroom.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Niederfüllbach Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Administrative community Grub am Forst: SCHLOSS NIEDERFÜLLBACH Overview of the essential historical data, notes , accessed on April 28, 2017
  3. ↑ a b Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Grub am Forst: History of the Castle , accessed on April 28, 2017

Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 10.8 ″  N , 10 ° 59 ′ 22.4 ″  E