Schney Castle

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Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 50.5 ″  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 30 ″  E

Schney Castle
Portal coat of arms of the von Brockdorff on a door entrance
Alliance coat of arms on the main portal: Heraldic on the right that of Brockdorff, on the left the coat of arms of Brockdorff, augmented with the Schaumberg coat of arms

The modern Schney Castle is located in Schney , a district of the city of Lichtenfels in the Lichtenfels district in the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Franconia .

history

The castle was built around 1680 to 1690 instead of an older castle complex as the residence and administrative seat of the von Schaumberg family . After the Schneyer line of the von Schaumberg family died out, the castle passed into the possession of the Holstein family von Brockdorff in 1706 , whose descendants owned the castle until 1873.

In 1950 the local gymnastics club, Freie Turnerschaft Schney, bought the building and used it as a gym .

The castle currently houses the Franconian Academy conference center .

As a protected architectural monument , the castle is managed by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation under monument number D-4-78-139-267 . Due to archaeological findings in the area of ​​the castle, which are related to the medieval core of the building, the complex as a whole is also a ground monument with the number D-4-5832-0219 .

literature

  • Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Peter Borowitz: Palaces and castles in Upper Franconia - A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Upper Franconian independent cities and districts. Verlag A. Hofmann, Nuremberg 1996, ISBN 3-87191-212-3 , pp. 187-188.
  • Elisabeth and Konrad Radunz: The Lichtenfels district in history and stories . 2. revised Edition. Verlag Meister-Druck, Lichtenfels 1982.
  • Fritz Mahnke: Palaces and castles in the vicinity of the Franconian Crown . 2nd volume. Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse GmbH, Coburg 1978, pp. 111–113.
  • Andreas Werner: Schney: Contemporary and cultural history . Verlag HO Schulze, Lichtenfels 1978, ISBN 3-87735-025-9 .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Schney  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Schney Castle. on: burgen-und-schloesser.net
  2. ↑ 1950:… The acquisition of the castle. to: Freie-turnerschaft-schney.de
  3. ^ Franken-Akademie Schloss Schney.
  4. ↑ a b Schloss, Schlossplatz 8 , geodaten.bayern.de, accessed on December 8, 2012