Pöttmes Castle

Pöttmes Castle (also: Gumppenberg Castle ) is located in Pöttmes in the Aichach-Friedberg district and is a listed building . As a Hofmarkschloss , it was the manor of the closed Hofmark Pöttmes, which had a blood court . From 1279 until the administrative reform in 1818, the rule of Pöttme was owned by the Barons of Gumppenberg . The aristocratic family previously had their seat on an imposing castle complex on the Gumppenberg north-west of the village, which burned down in July 1704 in the War of the Spanish Succession and was no longer built.

description

The palace complex is a two-storey, elongated three-wing building, which is grouped around a small courtyard with a Marienbrunnen (Brunnenhof) from the 18th century, adorned with the coats of arms of those of Gumppenberg and the counts of Wahl. The core of the palace complex dates back to 1683. This year can be found on the Gumppenberg and Haslang coats of arms, which are affixed above the gateways. One of the gateways leads to the castle chapel, which was built in 1691.

The north wing of the castle is the most defining building on the Pöttmes market square. Several rooms are furnished with stucco work from the end of the 17th century:

In the hallway on the first floor there are numerous good family portraits from the 16th to 18th centuries, as well as beautiful Renaissance cabinets, chests and chairs. On both sides of the corridor running through the middle of the building are the living rooms, some with excellent furniture from the 18th and early 19th centuries.

The castle is partially surrounded by a wall in need of renovation. The palace and park are not open to the public.

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  North side of the castle

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  View into the fountain courtyard of the palace

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  Lion in front of the Brunnenhof with the coat of arms of the Gumppenberg family

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  Castle wall

literature

• Franz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein: Castles in Bavaria . Munich 1975, p. 110.
• Wilfried Sponsel: Castles, palaces and residences in Bavarian Swabia . Augsburg 2006, pp. 146-147.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Gumppenberg (Pöttmes)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ludwig Albert von Gumppenberg: History of the family von Gumppenberg . Würzburg 1856, p. 340 f . ( Digitized version [accessed December 10, 2013]).
2. ↑ Pöttmes. Administrative community Pöttmes, accessed on December 10, 2013 : "As early as 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Pöttmes suffered the same fate from the English, and the family palace on Gumppenberg also went up in flames." 
3. ↑ Sayn-Wittgenstein 1972, p. 110

Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '55.1 "  N , 11 ° 5' 26.3"  E