Weikertsham Castle

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Weikertsham Castle today
Weikertsham Castle: side view

The Weikertsham Castle lies on the eastern Innhochufer in the same district of the city Wasserburg am Inn in Rosenheim of Bavaria (Weikertsham 11). The Wasserburg observation tower is located nearby . Weikertsham was at times in aristocratic possession, but was never a Hofmark and its owners did not have the lower jurisdiction .

history

The small castle was built in the 16th century as a patrician seat. In 1614, the Wasserburg councilor Adam Reiter and his wife Maria Gumpeltsheimer acquired from Wolf Pallinger, also a council member in Wasserburg, that Mr. Hauß und Gartten sambt the associated getters in Weikertsham. This family had the building changed throughout, as evidenced by the alliance coat of arms of the riders (jumping horse) and the Gumpeltsheimer (three bullfinches) on the south side of the building. Heir was Ferdinand Reiter (* 1661, † 1712), licensee of both rights and between 1656 and 1676 Kastner and Mautner zu Traunstein . After that the property passed to his daughter Anna Reiter, who married the Wasserburg councilor and businessman Carl Gottlieb Copaur in 1743. In 1745 Copaur was appointed by Elector Max III. Josef raised to the hereditary nobility and is called von Puechschlag, Landtenham and Weickertsham from then on . Since the marriage remained childless, the property was passed on to Copaur's sister Maria Barbara Franziska Copaur or her husband Joseph Anton Wager. On his tombstone at Munich's Liebfrauendom he is referred to as a nobly bored and highly learned Mr. Joseph Anton Wager auf Weikerzham, both licentiate, the Sr. Exaltation of the ruling Count of Gronfeld and Törring-Jettenbach, emeritus consultant as well as Kanzley and goods director there in Munich . After the death of Joseph Anton Wager, the seat should have passed to one of his children, either to one of the sons Ignaz, Albert or Josef or to the daughter Crescentia.

With the change from the late 18th to the 19th century, the castle went into rural use, whereby the external appearance and furnishings were significantly changed. In 1826 the parish registers of Eiselfing report : A few years ago, the aforementioned Melchior Steidl bought this castle from Mr. von Wager. Melchior Steidl bequeathed the property to his daughter Felizitas (* December 21, 1799, † November 28, 1871), who had married Lorenz Mürner (Murner), son of the Brunnenmann auf der Lohen, in 1826. The house name Schloßmann is registered for him in 1842 . He or his son of the same name expanded the building in 1869 with an agricultural extension. In 1911 Michael Hagl is registered as the owner of Weikertsham. Josef and Maria Unterhuber bought the property from him. This family has owned the nearby Meierhof zu Weikertsham since 1754 . Thus the situation was reversed, because the Meierhof was subject to interest on the castle and now the farmers had become lords of the castle. Over time, the building deteriorated more and more as the castle was used as a shelter for young cattle. One extension finally collapsed. After the Second World War , refugee families were housed here. In 1965 the last tenants had to leave the house for fire safety reasons and the house was finally left to decay.

The property was acquired by Martina Pfeiffer in 1991 and saved from deterioration through a thorough renovation. The renovation work was completed in 1993.

Appearance

The little castle is a tower-like, three-story, plastered brick building. It has an almost square floor plan (7.80 × 8.21 m). There are also two attic floors and a small barrel-vaulted cellar. The main facade faces south and has four window axes (the main entrance used to be here). There are three window axes from the east and the main entrance since the 19th century. At the beginning of the 17th century, during the time of Adam Reiter and Maria Gumpeltsheimer, the building was given a very elaborate facade painting. This fresco was whitewashed by the later peasant owner. For the oldest construction phase, only one fireplace on the west wall of the first floor is proven. This leads to the assumption that the castle was used as a kind of garden house and was only used in the summer months.

The architects and preservationists commissioned by the current owner have developed a detailed repair concept and largely restored the former condition. All existing historical building materials, from the doors to the iron fittings, were reused. The renaissance paneling of a room on the second floor with a coffered ceiling and a hall door was carried out by the restorer Armin Goettler . The castle is also furnished with numerous antiques from France and England. The restoration of the facade painting was the final point of the spectacular restoration measure. In 1994 the successful renovation was honored with the Hypo Culture Prize for Monument Preservation .

Lookout tower at Weikertsham Castle

Todays use

The stylishly renovated castle is now the residence of its owner, and it is also used as a bed-and-breakfast hotel .

In the past few years, various artists have held exhibitions at the castle, such as the painter Willy Reichert , the photo artist Wolfgang Sümmermann or the painters Stefanie H. Friedrich and Imke Reinecke .

literature

  • Ferdinand Steffan: The Weikertsham castle near Wasserburg and its owners . In: Heimat am Inn, Altbayerische Heimatpost , 13th year book, Wasserburger Bücherstube, Wasserburg am Inn 1994, pp. 141–173. ISBN 3-922310-27-3 , DNB 013414895 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weikertsham Castle
  2. ↑ Homepage of Willy Reichert
  3. ↑ Homepage of Wolfgang Sümmermann ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolfgang-suemmermann.meinatelier.de
  4. ↑ Homepage of Stefanie H. Friedrich
  5. ↑ Homepage of Imke Reinecke

Web links

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 22.6 ″  N , 12 ° 14 ′ 26.3 ″  E