Schwaigern Castle

Castle in Schwaigern

The castle in Schwaigern in the district of Heilbronn in northern Baden-Württemberg was built from 1702 by the Lords of Neipperg in place of an earlier manor house and expanded to its present size after 1850.

history

The Castle Neipperg was to the 16th century headquarters of the Lords of Neipperg. After that, Klingenberg Castle became the headquarters until the new castle in Schwaigern.

The next to the town church at the northeast edge of the historic town center of Schwaigern lying castle was from 1702 instead of 1690 destroyed the former castle Schwaigern for Field Marshal Friedrich Eberhard von Neipperg (1655-1725) in the style of Baroque built. The castle was expanded and rebuilt on various occasions, with the plans for the expansion being drawn up by Gottlob Georg Barth as early as 1835 , but not being implemented until the years 1847 to 1871. The west wing was built in 1850, the south wing in 1866. The palace church, built in the neo-renaissance style, was built between 1860 and 1871 with the help of Christian Friedrich von Leins . In 1898 the castle was rebuilt under Count Reinhard von Neipperg (1856-1919). In 1984 the roof structure was extensively renovated.

description

The gate building in the south wing seen from the inner courtyard, in the background the tower of the town church

The castle is a four-sided, two-storey complex, the floor plan of which cannot be overlooked from the outside due to the narrow urban development and the adjacent inaccessible gardens and farm buildings. The south wing has a through portal, the north wing is open between the palace chapel and the coach house , so that the palace street crosses the inner courtyard of the complex and divides it into a western and an eastern half. The upper floors of the palace buildings were once open passageways towards the courtyard and were gradually closed in the course of various renovations. To the southeast, the wing buildings on the ground floor facing the inner courtyard are designed with representative arcades , while the western half is more dominated by the farm buildings located there. To the northwest there is a large farm yard, to the northeast the park-like palace garden, which is not open to the public.

The historical art treasures in the castle include an important library and archive, a large collection of valuable furniture, a collection of big game antlers and a large number of paintings and pictures.

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  Fountain in the castle courtyard with Neipperg coat of arms, 1839

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  Castle chapel

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  Altar of the palace chapel

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  Chapel and inner courtyard

Individual evidence

1. ^ Schwaigern Castle. In: arch INFORM ; Retrieved December 1, 2009.

literature

• Schwaigern. Homeland book of the city of Schwaigern with the suburbs Massenbach, Stetten a. H. and Niederhofen . City administration Schwaigern, Schwaigern 1994

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 3 ′ 29 ″  E