Eichstätt summer residence

View of the summer residence

Partial view of the baroque garden in front

The Eichstätt summer residence was built as a representative summer residence of the prince-bishops of Eichstätt . It is located in Eichstätt in the district of the same name in Upper Bavaria and today serves as the administrative seat of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt . The summer residence is listed as a monument with the file number D-1-76-123-171 .

history

Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig Schenk von Castell had a representative summer residence built in Eichstätt from 1735. Gabriel de Gabrieli was responsible as architect and site manager . The three garden pavilions also come from him.

From 1735 the courtyard garden was also built , which extends in the form of a large rectangle to the southwest towards the Altmühl . After the secularization in 1803, the entire area remained in the possession of the last Prince-Bishop Joseph von Stubenberg for a few years , until it came to the Dukes of Leuchtenberg in 1817 , who withdrew from Eichstätt in 1855 and sold their property to the Kingdom of Bavaria . The garden has belonged to the city of Eichstätt since 1871. The castle served as barracks for a division of a hunter regiment from 1872 to 1898 . Bishop Franz Leopold von Leonrod bought it in 1899 for the episcopal seminary. From 1901 to 1965 the building housed the seminar library.

In 1977 the conversion work of the former summer residence into the administrative headquarters of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt was completed. The part of the garden immediately adjacent to the university building was redesigned as a baroque complex.

The building was completely renovated between 2010 and 2013.

Building description

Elongated baroque complex, symmetrical with a central raised corps de logis and narrow gallery wings that end in corner pavilions, built by Gabriel de Gabrieli in 1735–1737.

South adjoining courtyard garden with three garden pavilions by Gabriel de Gabrieli connected by fencing walls, central pavilion 1736, redesigned as a belvedere with fountain by Maurizio Pedetti , 1779–1781, garden figures, 18th century, two of which were signed in 1765 by Johann Jakob Berg .

Associated with the orangery (Ostenstrasse 24) around 1740.

Holzersaal

Design of the ceiling painting in the Holzersaal by Johann Evangelist Holzer

The ballroom of the summer residence is called the Holzersaal. It was designed by Johann Evangelist Holzer between 1736 and 1738. Johann Evangelist Holzer also created the ceiling painting that bears the name Spring .

The painting cycle in the Holzersaal was created by Johann Michael Baader between 1758 and 1759 and represents the biblical story of Jiftach .

Web links

Commons : Sommerresidenz (Eichstätt)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Uh Prince-Bishop 's summer residence at www.eichstaett.de, accessed on May 15, 2016.
• Hofgarten at www.eichstaett.de, accessed on May 15, 2016.
• Hofgartenpavillons at www.eichstaett.de, accessed on May 15, 2016.

literature

• Wilhelm Neu, Volker Liedke: Upper Bavaria . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52392-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ summer residence , ku.de; Accessed December 1, 2018
2. ↑ Holzersaal , musikfest-eichstaett.de; Accessed December 1, 2018
3. ↑ Former prince-bishop's summer residence , eichstaett.de; Accessed December 1, 2018
4. ↑ The cycle of pictures in the Holzersaal is now complete again , from October 14, 2004; Accessed December 1, 2018

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 18.8 ″  N , 11 ° 11 ′ 19.1 ″  E