Pürkelgut Castle

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West facade of Pürkelgut Castle
North facade of Pürkelgut Castle with a semicircular central projection

Pürkelgut Castle is a moated castle in the east of Regensburg and is one of the most important baroque secular buildings in the city.

history

An agricultural estate had existed on the marshy area since the 13th century, which was called Einhausen in the 17th century . During the Thirty Years' War , the estate was occupied in the summer of 1634 by a division of the imperial siege army who fought against the Swedes who had occupied Regensburg in November 1633 during the battle for Regensburg . After the fighting, the complex remained in ruins for almost a hundred years.

The castle in its current form was built in 1728 under the direction of Johann Michael Prunner for the wealthy Regensburg businessman Johann Jakob Pürkel. The property had a mansard roof , corner towers and a semicircular central projection . In 1749 the property fell to Johann August von Greifenstein, the Reichstag envoy for Sweden-Western Pomerania, who celebrated appropriate festivals in the romantically situated moated castle, the "Sanssouci of the Reichstag envoy of Regensburg", as the historian Joseph Rudolf Schuegraf put it in 1830.

On April 23, 1809, after being wounded by a ricocheted bullet outside Regensburg , Napoleon was brought to Pürkelgut Castle to be bandaged and then to Karthaus-Prüll Monastery to stay overnight . After that there was a "Napoleon room" in the castle. After the then owner Friedrich Heinrich Hartmeyer had acquired a brewery license in 1826, the estate became a popular summer excursion destination with a garden restaurant and dancing in the Biedermeier period. Under Georg Hamminger from Ortenburg , the property developed into an exemplary economy from 1838 onwards, employing 26 people. In 1844 Hamminger sold the estate to Prince Maximilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis , who used it as a hunting lodge . From 1847 the estate was to be expanded into an agricultural school under the direction of Ludwig Mörike (brother of Eduard Mörike ), but this did not happen.

Refugees and employees of the estate administration lived in the building until 1975. It has been empty since then. The castle is in a poor structural condition and was at times threatened with collapse. Due to a lack of financial resources, it was only able to be refurbished by the Princely Building Administration in autumn 2001, with the roof structure being supported, gutters installed and windows sealed.

Todays use

The square in front of the castle is the scene of the annual medieval festival of witches' dance and fairy magic, as well as various other cultural events such as concerts or open-air cinema . Various usage concepts discussed (seat of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, conference or event center, luxury hotel, ice rink, commercial or ecological operation, youth hostel) did not lead to any realization. In 2015, a purchase by the city of Regensburg was discussed, but this project was rejected in January 2016 because the Princely Building Administration could not come to an agreement with the city of Regensburg. In April 2016 it was announced that the castle, the estate and 4.9 hectares of agricultural land had been sold to a Regensburg real estate company.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Pürkelgut  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Engerisser A previously unknown view of the siege of Regensburg in 1634 . In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, 148th Volume Regensburg 2008; P. 70; ISSN 0342-2518
  2. ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg art, culture and everyday history . MZ Buchverlag, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 . P. 682
  3. ^ Eva Dewes, Sandra Duhem: Cultural memory and intercultural reception in a European context Akademie Verlag, 2008. ISBN 3050041323 , p. 528.
  4. ↑ Ursula Regener: Mörike in Regensburg and Mozart on the trip to Prague . In: Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg . tape 158 . Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, 2018, ISSN  0342-2518 , p. 103 .
  5. ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 681 ff .
  6. ↑ Kulturjournal Ostbayern
  7. ^ Stadtheimatpflege Regensburg - Pürkelgut Castle , accessed on May 20, 2009
  8. ↑ Housing project? Gloria sells Pürkelgut on www.mittelbayerische.de
  9. ↑ Thurn und Taxis sells the Regensburger Pürkelgut on www.br.de.

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 7 ″  N , 12 ° 7 ′ 52 ″  E