Wildenwart Castle

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Wildenwart Castle

The gamekeeper Castle (also Wildenwarth ) is Wildenwart in the municipality Frasdorf in Chiemgau , high above the valley of Prien .

history

Wildenwart Castle after a copper engraving by Michael Wening from 1721

The forerunner of the castle was built in the 12th century and changed hands several times. In 1771 the rule came into the possession of the Counts of Preysing . Wildenwart Castle received its current form as a four-wing complex with a corner tower around an inner courtyard closed with arcades around 1600. A garden was laid out in the moat of the former castle at that time. The castle was the seat of until 1806 with the high courts equipped domination gamekeeper . It was acquired in 1862 by Archduke Franz V of Modena-Este and his wife Adelgunde of Bavaria . It finally came into the possession of the Bavarian royal family through inheritance.

End of the monarchy

After his flight from Munich (1918) after the revolutionary government took power, the Bavarian royal family met, including Ludwig III. , at Wildenwart Castle, which was to become the new home for the Wittelsbach family .

The last Bavarian Queen Marie Therese died at the beginning of 1919 and was laid out in the in-house chapel, her daughter Wiltrud stayed in Wildenwart until her marriage in 1924, later as a widow she was repeatedly in the castle. In April 1920 Ludwig returned here from his exile in Switzerland, where he spent most of his evenings.

After Ludwig's death in Hungary on October 18, 1921, his body was transported eleven days later by train. Thousands of people paid homage to the dead king, the coffin was brought to Wildenwart with a four-in-hand horse and accompanied by numerous club delegations. The last Bavarian royal couple was laid out there until they were transferred to Munich on November 4, 1921.

The king's two daughters, Hildegard († 1948) and Helmtrud († 1977), lived in the castle until their death.

After that, the castle underwent a general renovation. 1979 drew Max Herzog in Bavaria , the second man in the house Wittelsbach behind his brother Franz and great-grandson of Ludwig III., With his family in the castle.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan March : The House of Wittelsbach in the First World War: Chance and collapse of monarchical rule . Pustet, Regensburg 2013, p. 525.

Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 41 ″  N , 12 ° 18 ′ 42 ″  E