Obenhausen Castle

Castle of the Counts of Moy

Coat of arms of Bavaria and the Count of Moy

Obelisk in the palace garden

The Obenhausen castle located in the center of the market book belonging resort Obenhausen .

history

Originally it was a medieval moated castle that came to the Habsburgs with the rule of Weißenhorn from the Lords of Neuffen after the extinction over Bavaria in 1504 . They in turn pledged the castle and its location to the Ulm patrician Roth. The core of today's building dates from the 16th century and was built by the Augsburg patricians von Paumgarten . After the building was renovated under the Fuggers in 1571, they then sold it together with the village to the Roggenburg Monastery in 1676 , which shortly thereafter sold the property to the Rottenbuch Monastery near Schongau. A renovation took place in the first half of the 18th century. The Buxheim Charterhouse followed as further owners in 1744 , after secularization the Counts of Ostein, in 1809 the Baron von Verger and in 1873 the Counts Moy de Sons , who held the title of Bavarian Master of Ceremonies and still live in the building today. From 1889 to 1891 there was a generous renovation with an increase in storeys and the addition of a staircase. At the end of the Second World War, Obenhausen Castle served as the location of the local artillery commander. The castle was given its current appearance in 1953 by the Ulm architect Lothar von Malsen.

Building description

Today's building is a three-storey cube with two attached towers and a staircase on the northern front. A high hipped roof rises above it, which was rebuilt in 1953 after the house was added. The castle is surrounded by a moat, through which the original function as a moated castle becomes clear. A bridge, flanked by two pillars, leads over this ditch on the south side. On the southern front, the coats of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Counts of Moy are attached above a memorial plaque for the granting of fiefs by King Ludwig II . The building is surrounded by an English landscape garden with a small lake. In the palace park there is a neoclassical obelisk with the dedication to Our Obenhauser deer .

Others

The legend of the beautiful Elslein

The then Hetzenmüller fell madly in love with Elslein von Tannenhärtle. But the knight Konrad von Roth, who lived in Obenhausen Castle, also coveted the beautiful girl. Although not of aristocratic origin, Elsein decided in favor of the knight, about which the Hetzenmüller was very sad. This happened in the time of the Peasant Wars, which gradually hit the area around Obenhausen. The Hetzenmüller joined the rebels and met Konrad von Roth in the fight, whom he stabbed with a spear. Now rid of his former rival, the Hetzenmüller went in search of beautiful Elslein, but he could no longer find the young lady. She had left.

literature

• Heinrich Habel: District Illertissen Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1967.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the chronicle of Schloss Obenhausen
2. ^ Tina Reissbach, personal stories

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 12.9 "  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 31.4"  E