Windach Castle

The Windach Castle in Windach , a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech , was built 1610th As Hofmarkschloss it was manor house where the Hofmark Windach. Today the building is the seat of the Windach administrative association . The castle park is freely accessible.

history

Windach Castle and Hofmark towards the end of the 16th century (approx. 1695–1700), after a copper engraving by Michael Wening .

The Munich citizen and merchant Franz Füll acquired the Hofmark Windach in 1596 and had a new castle built. The Füll, who were raised to the nobility as barons Füll von Windach in 1610 , were owners of the Hofmark Windach until 1825. They were followed by the von Pfetten (-Füll) family, which went out in 1944 with the death of Lieutenant Karl Ignaz Heinrich Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten.

Building description

The rectangular building, formerly provided with four towers, was raised by one storey in the 19th century and covered with a hipped roof.

Castle wall with gate and three gates, parts 17./18. Century, west side 19th century; wrought iron grilles. Round tower on the southeast corner, 19./20. Century.

literature

Karl Gattinger, Grietje Suhr: Landsberg am Lech, city and district (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.14 ). Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7917-2449-2 .
Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Bayern IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2002, p. 1290, ISBN 3-422-03010-7

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Freiherrliche Häuser A, Volume III and X, Volume 21 and 65 of the complete series, pages 334–343 and 276–285, respectively
↑ Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )

48.06753 11.03524Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ 3.1 ″ N , 11 ° 2 ′ 6.9 ″ E

[Genealogisches_Handbuch_des_Adels_-_Freiherrliche_Häuser-1] Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Freiherrliche Häuser A, Volume III and X, Volume 21 and 65 of the complete series, pages 334–343 and 276–285, respectively

[2] Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )