Schönfeld Palace (Dresden)
Schönfeld Palace is a palace in the Schönfeld district of Dresden . The renaissance castle built in the 16th century goes back to a medieval moated castle .
history
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The forerunner of today's castle was a medieval moated castle, which was created when the town of Schönfeld was founded in the 11th century. The Schönfeld manor developed from the castle . In 1535, the associated manor comprised the surrounding villages of Cunnersdorf , Gönnsdorf , Malschendorf , Reitzendorf , Rochwitz, Rockau , Schullwitz , Ullersdorf and Zaschendorf . This castle, first mentioned in 1315, was acquired in 1543 by the court builder Hans von Dehn-Rothfelser . Dehn-Rothfelser made a major contribution to the economic development of the highlands and had the old castle converted into a Renaissance palace in the style of the Saxon Renaissance .
In 1568 the Schönfeld manor passed into the possession of the electoral chamber councilor and chancellor Georg Cracow , who was one of the most influential advisers to the Saxon elector August . Under Cracow the construction of today's Renaissance castle took place in 1573/74, above the entrance portal of the castle the coat of arms of Georg Cracow and his second wife Christina Funck refer to the builder. Cracow, former professor of law at the University of Wittenberg and son-in-law of the reformer Johannes Bugenhagen , fell out of favor at the Saxon court in 1572, as he was branded as a Philippist when Elector August turned to Lutheran orthodoxy . He lost his post and was arrested shortly afterwards. He died on March 16, 1572 as a result of torture in the Pleißenburg in Leipzig . Cracow's heirs were soon forced to sell the castle.
In the following two centuries, the electoral chamber master Gregor Schilling and the von Loss, von Friesen , von Callenberg , von Lüttichau and Solms families were among the owners. In 1787, Elector Friedrich August III. the castle including the manor and combined it with the manors in Graupa, Jessen and Preschwitz to form a chamber and state property. The villages Bennewitz, Borkwitz, Graupa , Hinterjessen , Malschendorf, Neugraupa, Ritzendorf, Schönfeld, Vorderjessen, Wünschendorf, Zaschendorf and part of Ullersdorf were subordinate to the estate . In 1837 it was set up as a court and coronary festivities , and since 1856 it served as a finance court.
In 1871 the royal court office at Schönfeld was dissolved and the palace was sold to private ownership. In 1945 it became public property . The economic basis of the former property was lost with the division of the property among several new farmers. During the GDR era, Schönfeld Palace served, among other things, as the seat of a newspaper editorial office, a kindergarten and the community library.
The renovation of the palace began in the early 1990s, but was only carried out gradually due to insufficient financial resources and a long-term lack of sustainable utilization concept. The interior work was suspended for several years, but has been continued since 2008. Since 2005 the Kunst- & Kulturverein Schloss Schönfeld eV, together with members of the Magical Circle Dresden " Bartolomeo Bosco " eV, has been using the castle belonging to the city of Dresden as an event location for public magic shows and as a magic art museum, which also shows original props from famous magicians. For this purpose a theater hall with stage and lighting technology was set up and an elevator was installed. Rooms are also rented out for events.
architecture
Schönfeld Palace is considered to be the best preserved Renaissance palace in the Dresden region. It has not undergone any major structural changes since it was built.
The castle, which is located directly next to the church, is surrounded on three sides by a moat or by the castle pond. The main front of the compact three-storey structure faces the courtyard. The roof is divided by three continuous dormitories . In front of the middle dwelling is a hexagonal stair tower with a round top and the already mentioned entrance portal made of sandstone. In the former living rooms on the upper floors, numerous wooden beam ceilings painted with coats of arms and tendrils from the time of origin have been preserved. Other rooms received some stucco ceilings in the 18th century . Remnants of wall paintings from the late Renaissance were also uncovered.
literature
- Dresdner Heide, Pillnitz, Radeberger Land (= values of our homeland . Volume 27). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1976.
- Matthias Donath: Castles in Dresden and the surrounding area . edition Sächsische Zeitung, Meißen 2007.
- GA Poenicke: Album of the manors and castles in the Kingdom of Saxony. II. Section: Meissner Circle. Leipzig 1860.
- Cornelius Gurlitt : Schönfeld, castle. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 26. Booklet: The art monuments of Dresden's surroundings, Part 2: Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Neustadt . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1904, p. 222 ff.
Web links
- Schönfeld Castle - The magic castle
- Information about Schönfeld Castle at www.dresdner-stadtteile.de
- Information about the manorial rule Dresden near Schönfeld at www.archiv.sachsen.de ( page no longer available )
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 57.4 " N , 13 ° 53 ′ 43.1" E