Weihenstephan Castle

Weihenstephan Castle (2013)

Weihenstephan Castle on an engraving by Michael Wening around 1700

Passage

St. Sebastian Castle Chapel

The Weihenstephan Castle is a moated castle in Weihenstephan, a district of Hohenthann , and is located about eleven kilometers north of Landshut. The castle and the surrounding farm buildings are now owned by Deroy von Fürstenberg .

history

The Weihenstephan Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1229. For a long time it formed a court mark . The current facility was built by Georg Carl Freiherr von Etzdorf auf Weihenstephan and Stamsried († 1712) on the site of a previous building.

In August 2006, the castle's farm buildings burned, some of which had to be demolished as a result. The damage was probably caused by a defect in an electrical system and amounted to around one million euros.

On January 3, 2007, 14-year-old Felix von Quistorp , the lord's grandson, was found dead in a fountain on the castle grounds . He had probably fallen in from a low height a few days earlier. Numerous media, including national media, reported on the tragic accident at the time.

description

Weihenstephan Castle is a baroque complex with a water moat running around it from the 17th century, which was changed in the 18th century and possibly later. The residential building is a two-storey hipped mansard roof with lavishly designed shutters . The surrounding farm buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries are essentially divided into a north and east wing. In the north wing there is a passage that is in line with the portal of the residential building. A little to the east of the castle, on the old road towards Landshut, there are two massive gate pavilions, also with a mansard hipped roof, which were built in 1950.

Castle chapel

The St. Sebastian Palace Chapel is on the opposite side of the street . The small, rectangular hall church with pilaster and pilaster structure, which has a turret with an onion dome, dates from the middle of the 17th century and is now used as a mortuary. It is located north of the castle and is also entered in the list of monuments.

Web links

Commons : Weihenstephan Castle - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b RegioWiki for Lower Bavaria & Altötting: Weihenstephan . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
↑ brandschutz-im-baudenkmal.de: Fires in historical buildings and churches - examples from recent years . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
↑ RP.Online on January 3, 2007: Experts assume a tragic accident . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
↑ stern.de on January 3, 2007: Felix drowned in his grandfather's well . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
↑ bild.de on January 4, 2007: Felix died so cruelly in the castle fountain . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
↑ List of monuments for Hohenthann (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

48.62709 12.11255Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ 37.5 ″ N , 12 ° 6 ′ 45.2 ″ E

[RegioWiki-1] RegioWiki for Lower Bavaria & Altötting: Weihenstephan . Retrieved January 4, 2016.

[2] randschutz-im-baudenkmal.de: Fires in historical buildings and churches - examples from recent years . Retrieved January 4, 2016.

[3] RP.Online on January 3, 2007: Experts assume a tragic accident . Retrieved January 4, 2016.

[4] stern.de on January 3, 2007: Felix drowned in his grandfather's well . Retrieved January 4, 2016.

[5] .de on January 4, 2007: Felix died so cruelly in the castle fountain . Retrieved January 4, 2016.

[6] List of monuments for Hohenthann (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation