Oberbechingen Castle

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Oberbechingen Castle with part of the castle wall and historical double coat of arms above the castle entrance

Oberbechingen Castle is a three-storey gable roof building. It is on the outskirts of the Oberbechingen district of the Bachhagel community in the Dillingen district on the Danube .

history

Casper Roth von Schreckenstein had the building that still exists today built in 1584. Soon the noble family Tänzl von Trazberg took over the castle and the belonging Hofmark Oberbechingen. The Counts of Pappenheim were the successors who sold the castle property in 1925. During the Second World War, the castle was used as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers. After 1945, it offered first accommodation to displaced families, as well as a police station and a small detention room. After that, the castle was used by a carpenter's shop, a gardening shop and an agricultural company. In 1972 it passed into private hands. The listed and extremely dilapidated building was poorly repaired and made habitable.

The castle, in urgent need of renovation, and the surrounding buildings are partially surrounded by an old castle wall. The castle is not open to the public.

literature

  • Werner Meyer (arrangement): The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube. Munich 1972, pp. 774-776, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 . (Series: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen an der Donau )
  • District and city savings bank Dillingen ad Donau (Ed.): Castles in the district . Dillingen 2003, pp. 39-41.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ 58.5 ″  N , 10 ° 20 ′ 54.1 ″  E