Wiesent Castle

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Wiesent Castle

The Wiesent Castle is a Grade II listed building in the town of Wiesent in Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg ( Bayern ).

history

The builders of the castle were the lords of Wiesent. Later owners were the Lords of Falkenberg, the Counts of Lintelo and the Princes of Thurn and Taxis . In 1630 the castle was partially destroyed in the Thirty Years War . In 1695 a new building was carried out by Count Rudolf von Lintelo. In 1762 the so-called Hudetz Tower was added, named after the painter and graphic artist Karl Anton Hudetz . A brewery was still in operation until 1881. The castle is now privately owned and houses several apartments and shops such as the Sparkasse and the Raiffeisenbank. In the Hudetz tower there is a small museum with works by Karl Anton Hudetz.

building

Main gate of Wiesent Castle

The elongated, single-storey baroque building with two corner towers and a mighty portal is a structured multi-wing complex. The south wing is a two-storey hipped roof building with a bent facade and two corner towers. The arched passage with rusticated portal bears the year of construction 1695 and the Lintelo coat of arms. The east wing is a two-storey, stilted hipped roof building with a triangular gable and was only built in 1762 under Baron von Falkenberg. The adjoining north-east wing is a two-storey half-hipped roof building with an elevator dormer from the 18th century. The west wing is a single-storey commercial building with a hipped roof and elevator dormer and probably dates from the 18th century. The former coach house is a single-storey gable roof building with a half-hip, courtyard gate and a remnant piece of the castle wall from the 18th / 19th century. Century.

A corresponding building permit, which Count Rudolf von Lintelo received from the Regensburg bishop, suggests the existence of a palace chapel. This was probably located in the western tower.

To the north of the courtyard was the brewery building. The historic palace square now serves as a village square with a village fountain.

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literature

  • Hans and Doris Maresch: Bavaria's Palaces & Castles: Upper and Lower Bavaria, Swabia and the Upper Palatinate , Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, 2009

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 32.5 ″  N , 12 ° 22 ′ 36.9 ″  E