Stadionsches Schloss

The Stadionsche Castle

The Stadionsche Palace in Bönnigheim near Ludwigsburg was built in 1753 on behalf of Count Anton Heinrich Friedrich von Stadion in the late Baroque style. A special feature of the castle is the clear architectural reference to French models, which stylistically is hardly widespread in the old Württemberg region.

description

The Stadionsche Schloss is located in the Liebensteiner Viertel in the center of the city at the end of the main street.
The castle is a two-story building with a mansard roof and a central projectile . An iron fence delimits the area. There is a forecourt in front of the castle.
Inside the castle is equipped with stucco and paneling. There is also a two-flight staircase. The ballroom had leather wallpaper until 1931, which is now on display in the Ludwigsburg residential palace . The four medallions in the hall, which are connected to each other, are supposed to represent the four seasons.

history

The predecessor of the building was built in 1560 Liebensteiner castle which the seat of the Lords of Liebenstein within the ganerbschaft represented Bönnigheim. In 1717, Lothar Franz von Schönborn , elector and archbishop of Mainz , left the Liebenstein property in Bönnigheim to Johann Philipp von Stadion , who was the chancellor and master builder of Kurmainz . His son Anton Heinrich Friedrich von Stadion , who inherited the property after his father's death in 1742, ended the inheritance by buying Bönnigheim. In 1753 he had the Liebensteiner Schloss and all the outbuildings demolished except for the so-called Kavaliersbau . Instead, he had Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn plan a new building based on the French model , as he had already built several buildings in Mainz. The new building was coordinated by Anton Haaf; craftsmen from Mainz were brought in especially for the new building, such as B. the mark of a Mainz stonemason proves. In 1756 the construction work was completed. From this point on, the building was used as the Schloss Warthausen as the country residence of the Stadion family. After the death of Count von Stadion in 1768, his councilor and probably his illegitimate son Georg Michel von La Roche moved in with his wife Sophie and his family and stayed there for two years. After the La Roches moved out, the building was probably empty. In 1785 the pledge to the Counts of Stadion ran out. Thereupon Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg bought Bönnigheim and the Stadionsche Castle along with several other cities. Later, the seat of the newly founded Oberamt Bönnigheim was relocated to the Kavaliersbau for a short time. However, from 1792 the castle was used as a residence for the members of the House of Württemberg. Ludwig Eugen von Württemberg lived there from 1792 until he took office in 1793 . During this time, the two pavilions on the sides of the castle were built. In 1801 the sister-in-law of King Friedrich I of Württemberg , Albertine von Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, moved into the castle, where she stayed until 1821. After seven more years in which the building was unused, the seat of the Royal Württemberg Forestry Office for the Stromberg and the Zabergäu was moved to the castle. During this time, the stone building between the Vorderes Schlossgarten and the Kavaliersbau, which served as a forest prison, was probably built. The forestry office stayed here until 1888, after which the building was converted to function as the Royal Deaf-Mute Institute, which was located here from 1889 (from 1916 “State School for the Deaf”). In 1966 the school for the deaf was relocated to Heilbronn and the building was renovated. A year later, Walter Leibbrecht bought the entire site and set up the "Schiller College" here, which was intended for American students. After the school closed in 1973, the castle was leased to the Christian Youth Village Association of Germany (CJD) . As a result, the castle was rebuilt again. In 1994 the CJD gave up its location in Bönnigheim. In the same year the castle was bought by the city of Bönnigheim and completely renovated.

Todays use

The Zander Collection , an internationally renowned museum for the art of Naive Art , Art Brut and Outsider Art, has been located in the main building of the palace since 1996. Today, the Sophie La Roche Museum can be viewed in the former wash house. Furthermore, there is now a vinotheque in the former forest prison.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dagmar Zimdars [edit.]: Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Baden-Württemberg I. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , pp. 89f.
2. ^ Bönnigheim. Published on behalf of the city administration and the trade association, Wachter, Bönnigheim 1970, p. 29.
3. ^ Castle history on the website of the city of Bönnigheim, accessed on January 29, 2014.
4. ^ Ulrich Hartmann [Ed.]: The Ludwigsburg district. 2nd, revised edition, Theiss, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8062-1055-1 , p. 181.
5. ↑ Description of the Oberamt Besigheim. Issued by the Royal Bureau of Statistics and Topography; Unchanged reprint of the edition from 1853, Bissinger, Magstadt 1962, pp. 141f.
6. ↑ Judith Breuer : Bönnigheim Castle - Building and Restoration History. In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , 25th year 1996, issue 4, pp. 261–265. ( PDF; 6.5 MB )

Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 25.2 "  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 36.6"  E