Vilsheim Castle

Former castle and school house

Vilsheim Castle is a former castle in the municipality of Vilsheim in the Landshut district in Bavaria . A successor building erected in 1908 served as a school building until the 1970s.

history

Vilsheim was first part of the ecclesiastical property of the bishops of Freising, then secular fortress. In the 14th century, the village and Vilsheim Castle belonged to the wealthy Mautner von Katzenberg family , then to the noble Pusch family, who resided in Vilsheim until the 16th century. In the following centuries, Vilsheim was the seat of well-known families such as the Cosenberger, the Wagner von Sattelbogen , the Preysing , the Count Sedlinzki and the barons of Guggenmoos and von Mettingh. After Moritz von Mettingh's death in 1908, the castle was demolished and a school building was built over it. It served this purpose until the 1970s, but then became private property.

Building description

The former castle is a listed building (number D-2-74-185-3) and is described as follows:

Extensive complex with hipped roofs and plaster decor , two-storey building, partly above a basement with arcades , southeast oriel tower with tent roof , decor with stylistic elements of historicism , 1909; on the site of the former castle.

literature

• Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria II. Lower Bavaria . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 1988.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of monuments for Vilsheim (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '52.2 "  N , 12 ° 6' 25.8"  E