Schmeilsdorf Castle

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The Schmeilsdorf Castle is located in the settlement Schmeilsdorf , a district of the market Mainleus in the district of Kulmbach in Upper Franconia ( Bavaria ).

Schmeilsdorf Castle

Geographical location

The Schmeilsdorf Castle, surrounded by moats, with its park with old trees is located in the middle of the village on the Zentbach , about 1.5 km northwest of the main town Mainleus. The district town of Kulmbach is located about 4 km to the east.

history

As early as 1398, a knight's seat in the possession of the Barons von Künsberg was mentioned. When the owner of the bower, Hans Friedrich von Künsberg, died in 1571, he left his wife Ursula not only the property in Schmeilsdorf, but also his estates in Hain and Wernstein . Ursula married the cousin of her late husband, Georg Siegmund von Künsberg. In 1644 a fire destroyed the knight's seat. Christian Joachim von Künsberg had it rebuilt in 1647 and lived there until his death in 1664. After that, protracted inheritance disputes arose between his widow and daughter and Christoph Siegmund von Streitberg zu Veilbronn on the one hand and those of Künsberg on Wernstein on the other.

The date in Ganerbenbesitz property located came in 1738 in the sole possession of Friedrich Erdmann Künsbergs, who in 1750 had the existing castle built today on the site of the old knight's seat. Friedrich's heir Ludwig von Künsberg gave up the property in 1847 and left Schmeilsdorf. The vacancy rate hit the building hard. It was poorly renovated around 1970. At the beginning of the 21st century, the castle was acquired privately, completely renovated and expanded into a multi-generation house .

Bridge to the castle

Building description

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The rectangular castle is a simple, three-storey building with seven on three window axes. The south facade facing the access avenue is adorned by a three-axis central projection with a balcony and a flat triangular gable . The otherwise unadorned building with sandstone structure is covered by a mansard roof with various dormer windows .

The eastern access path to the castle leads over a bridge with gate pillars from the 18th and 19th centuries. Century.

former chapel

chapel

A few meters east of the castle is a single-storey saddle roof made of quarry stone masonry , the former castle chapel built at the beginning of the 17th century. Your north gable is adorned with a crooked hip. An alliance coat of arms from 1603 is embedded above the east entrance . In addition to the year, it bears the abbreviation "GVK + UVKGZT" (= "Georg von Künsberg and Ursula von Künsberg, born in Thurnau"), which are therefore considered to be the builders of the chapel. On the roof of the former chapel there is an eight-sided roof turret with a curved hood that was later attached . The former chapel has served as a barn since the mid-19th century.

literature

  • Albert Elstner: The von Künsberg: the story of a Franconian noble family . Heim Verlag, Darmstadt 1972.
  • Fritz Mahnke: Palaces and castles in the vicinity of the Franconian Crown, 2nd volume . Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse GmbH, Coburg 1978, pp. 171–172.
  • Hellmut Kunstmann : The ring of castles around Wernstein in the Obermaing area . Commission publisher Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1978, ISBN 3-7686-4083-3 , pp. 29–34.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Fritz Mahnke: Palaces and castles in the vicinity of the Franconian Crown . Volume 2, p. 171
  2. ↑ a b c d Fritz Mahnke: Palaces and castles in the vicinity of the Franconian Crown . Volume 2, p. 172
  3. ^ Dieter Zöberlein: The von Streitberg, story of a Franconian noble family . Self-published, Burggrub 2018, part 2, pp. 365–367
  4. ↑ www.mainleus.de/Schloss Schmeilsdorf

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 52.5 ″  N , 11 ° 21 ′ 40.5 ″  E