Schleiz Castle

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The castle as the town crown from Schleiz until 1945
Ruinous tower of Schleiz Castle, destroyed in 1945 (2007)

The Schleiz Castle in Schleiz was owned by the Count and Prince of Reuss and was in Thuringia . After the bombing during the air raid on Schleiz in April 1945 and the removal of the ruins in 1950, only the two towers remain. The castle has not been renewed to this day.

history

The palace complex of the Lords of Lobdeburg from the 13th and 14th centuries was replaced by Heinrich the Middle of Reuss around 1500 with a new two-wing palace. After it was destroyed by fire in 1689 and the Hausmannsturm (keep) was removed, the castle was fundamentally redesigned. The south wing with the main portal and the two towers, the chateau was in its expansion by the famous architect Johann Gottlieb Riedel in the years 1753 to 1755. In order for the regular horseshoe-shaped castle was built with three to four storeys.

After the fire of 1837, the castle was united in an architecturally uniform way in 1840: all four storeys with hipped gable roofs, Austrian facades without any particular structure, pointed cone helmets of the towers. Small parts of the baroque structure were included: baroque portal, balcony with latticework from 1755. The "White Hall" was a splendid ballroom. The castle had a large stables and extensive farm buildings.

In 1919 the Schleiz city archive was housed in the now state-owned castle and the preserved holdings were moved to the town hall at the end of 1945.

As a result of the bombing by the US Air Force on April 8, 1945, the castle largely burned out. It could not be extinguished because the main water main had been destroyed in the attack. The holdings of the Princely Reussian house archive, the library and the "Oberland" local history museum with the armory attached to it were destroyed with the exception of a few remains. This also applied to the tapestries and other works of art that were relocated from Osterstein Castle (Gera) because of the danger of bombs there. The castle church and the 17 apartments in the castle were also destroyed by flames. The old wine cellar with its adjoining caves had been converted into an air raid shelter. In 1950 the ruins of the castle were torn down, only the two burned-out towers remained: thanks to the commitment of committed citizens. The stables were also partially destroyed (in 1958 the remains were lost due to another fire). At the end of the 1950s, the former castle grounds, which, including the former rent office and makeshift buildings, had become the seat of the People's Police, were secured "like a fortress" with barbed wire, steel gates and dog guards.

After nine months of construction (until mid-December 1993), reconstructed tower domes were placed on the secured but ruinous towers.

Today's owner of the castle grounds, including a flat functional building (garages, traffic training) that was built in the 1950s, is the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior . The site belongs to the police inspection of the Saale-Orla district , which is located in a stately building not far from the demolished castle, which used to be the Princely Chamber and Rent Office.

Encounters (selection)

  • On June 4, 1422, the peace alliance took place with the participation of Hans von Sparneck .
  • After Napoleon's stay at the castle in Ebersdorf, he stayed at Schleiz Castle on October 9th and 10th, 1806. During his stay he is said to have uttered in view of the destroyed Oettersdorf : "C'est la guerre!" (This is the war!)

literature

  • Max von Ehrenthal: Weapons collection of Prince Reuss JL at Schloss Osterstein, as well as the rifle chamber of Prince Reuss JL at Schloss Schleiz . B. Kühlen, Munich-Gladbach 1908.
  • Juergen K. Klimpke: The Schleiz Castle . Part 2. Small home library No. 7. Verlag Juergen K. Klimpke, Schleiz 1997
  • Juergen K. Klimpke: Castle views . Schleizer picture booklet No. 3. Schleizer Heimathefte 34. Verlag von Juergen K. Klimpke, Schleiz 2004
  • Rudolf Zießler: Schleiz (Schleiz district) in the fate of German monuments in the Second World War . Edited by Götz Eckardt. Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1978. Volume 2, pp. 522-524

Web links

Commons : Schleiz Castle  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist lexicon . Volume 13. EA Fleischmann, Munich 1843, p. 158 ( online ).
  2. ^ Juergen K. Klimpke: The Schleiz Castle . Part 2. Small local library no. 7. Klimpke-Verlag, Schleiz 1997. p. 19
  3. ↑ Culture & Sport. (No longer available online.) Rennstadt Schleiz, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on July 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schleiz.de
  4. ^ Castle settlement Schleiz. In: saale-online.de. Retrieved July 13, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Thursday, October 9, 1806, the day on which Napoleon himself came to Thuringia. Association Monneuse et Moneuse, accessed July 13, 2015 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 36.2 "  N , 11 ° 48 ′ 42"  E