Roggenburg Castle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Front of the castle
Schlossallee

Today's Roggenburg Castle is in Roggenburg in Bavaria and was the former office of the Roggenburg Imperial Monastery . Compared to the extensive monastery area, the castle looks extremely modest.

Building history

The monastic office building was built in 1716 . Today it is a three-storey building with a mansard hipped roof , a little overhanging central projecting with pilaster strips , gable and balcony on the main front. In 1911 it was rebuilt and expanded according to plans by Franz Zell with two axles on each side and a mansard roof.

About the balcony of the main floor with wrought iron ground, at the corners of sandstone pillars with light candelabra , there is an alliance coat of arms of the counts Spauer and Mirbach.

In 1811, Kasimir Schenk, Count von Castell-Waal, acquired the Roggenburg estate (and with it the castle).

Around 1825, Friedrich Karl, Count von Spaur zu Flavon and Valor, acquired the rule of Roggenburg and Schloss from Kasimir Schenk. Count Friedrich (* July 12, 1793 in Wetzlar, † April 23, 1850 in Erlangen) Herr auf Igling and Erpfting near Landsberg had his headquarters at Castle Igling and his grave in the cemetery in Igling. The Counts of Spaur come from a branching Tyrolean noble family. Friedrich Karl was married to Milemine (Wilhelmine) Florence (Florentine) de Meldemann from Belgium .

The palace, including the English-style park extending to the east with a garden and bath house , was owned by Count Spaur until 1853, when his son Franz Josef sold the Roggenburg estate to Ludwig Friedrich, Count von Geldern-Egmont. In 1872, after the death of Count Ludwig, his son Adolf Gottfried, Count of Geldern-Egmont, became master of Roggenburg. After the death of Count Adolf Gottfried in 1927, his son Alfons Rainer Ludwig Wilhelm Franz Joseph Maria, Count von Mirbach-Geldern-Egmont , succeeded him in Roggenburg. The house remained in the possession of the Mirbach-Geldern-Egmont, Hohenlohe / Jagstberg branch for three more generations.

The building is a listed building . To the east of the castle park there is a linden and chestnut avenue, with some very old trees.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b From the community archive - 10/2010 website of the place www.roggenburg.de , accessed: September 8, 2016

source

  • Werner Freybourg: Palaces, castles and ruins in Bavarian Central Swabia . Volume II, n.d., pp. 95-96

Web links

Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '29.9 "  N , 10 ° 13' 50.4"  E