Uebigau Castle
The Uebigau Castle is the youngest castle in the Elbe-Elster district , located in the historic center of Uebigau . It was built in the neo-baroque style and has elements of Art Nouveau . Behind the building is a two-hectare palace park from the 19th century.
history
In 1864, the Berlin building contractor Johannes August Schmidt acquired the second part of the manor from the previous owner Heinrich Pinkerneil, had an old house demolished and in 1864/65 a mansion was built as a "black building".
Then the owners changed several times and in quick succession (Friedrich Hürche, Max von Schönberg, Carl Böhm).
Moritz Rutschmann from Finsterwalde owned the property from 1867 to at least 1878. He was busy building the Falkenberg-Cottbus railway line.
In 1886 the new owner, Hauptmann a. D. Georg von Bismarck, the castle is more homely.
In 1898 Paul Besckow is recorded as the owner.
The house was then sold to Major Ernst Bock von Wülfingen, who gave the castle its current appearance. For this purpose, he had the central wing increased in 1904 according to plans by the Leipzig architect Gustav Pflaume and a mansard roof and a roof tower added to it. The original, park-side tower was provided with an onion dome.
In 1904 a greenhouse was built in the castle park and a gardener's house was built in 1909/1910.
Rittmeister a. D. von Bomhardt took over the estate from his father-in-law and was expropriated in 1945.
In 1951 a youth hostel was established in the castle. Since 1990 it has been used as the “municipal castle hostel”. Refurbishments took place in 1996/97 and 2000 in the interior.
In 2010/2011 the courtyard and ground floor were redesigned.
literature
- Matthias Donath: Castles between the Elbe and Elster . (= Edition Sächsische Zeitung, Schlösser in Sachsen ) Redaktions- und Verlags-Gesellschaft Elbland, Meißen 2007, without ISBN.
Web links
- Uebigau Castle Hostel
- Photo gallery (Flash plug-in required)
- Park Uebigau
Footnotes and individual references
- ^ Source of the corrected dates: Klaus Wackernagel, Falkenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 38.6 ″ N , 13 ° 18 ′ 9.1 ″ E