St. Ulrich moated castle
The moated castle Sankt Ulrich in Müuellen (Geiseltal) is a high Gothic to Neo-Baroque complex around a tower which is still medieval in its core. It was owned by the von Helldorff family from 1770 to 1945 .
history
In the 12th century there was a moated castle on the site of today's castle , whose moat was fed by the hostage, which was then still very watery . Construction of the castle began in the second half of the 15th century. It was a pile building on oak stilts . The moat around the castle still has to be filled today so that the piles do not lose their stability due to drying out. The castle has high Gothic and Renaissance components around a tower that is still medieval in the core. In 1624 it was rebuilt again. Particularly noteworthy is a square renaissance bay window - next to the main entrance - with an onion dome .
From 1528 to 1764 the castle and manor were owned by the von Breitenbauch family . Around 1720 the owner at the time, a Herr von Breitenbauch, had a baroque garden based on the French model and an English-style landscape park laid out next to the castle and estate on the sunny southern slope of the Geisel . In 1770 Johann Heinrich von Helldorff , canon of the Merseburg Monastery , bought the entire property. Castle, manor, palace garden and terrace garden remained until now without compensation expropriation in 1945 in the family of Helldorff. From 1921 to 1925, Karl Roderich von Helldorff had the moated castle rebuilt. Among other things, the simple six-axis baroque wing on the west side was widened to thirteen axes and given a neo-baroque facade. The builder was Paul Salinger . Helldorff equipped the palace with numerous Baroque and Rococo furniture acquired after 1918, including from the residential palaces of Bamberg and Würzburg.
After the Second World War the palace was used as a youth work yard and from 1948 to 1993 a children's home. The building was in need of renovation in 2010, the corresponding work is being carried out gradually.
Castle from the southwest
Castle from the southeast
Castle renaissance bay window
Castle Church Luther Church
Ortisei manor house
Renewal in the estate area in 1934
The Sankt Ulrich manor consists of imposing and very solid buildings. During the GDR era it was a state-owned property (VEG). On the walls you can still find slogans from the early GDR era: "The National Front is fighting to defend German culture" (everything in capital letters and black, red and gold on the sides). Elsewhere you can see the painted emblems of Young Pioneers , FDJ and FDGB .
A “ Herrenmühle” or “ Gutsmühle ” built in 1868 in place of a former powder mill, ceased actual milling operations in 1933 and only transported water for the estate's needs with its overshot mill wheel. Today an undershot mill wheel turns here with a sparse flow of water.
Not far from the castle is the castle church or Luther church . It was built in the late Baroque style in 1790/95 according to plans by the Merseburg master builder JW Crysellius. The attractive interior has been preserved. The interior was renovated at the end of the 1980s and the exterior was renovated at the beginning of the 1990s.
Web links
- Entry on the moated castle of St. Ulrich in the private database "All castles".
- Sights of Munchen
- Material on the moated castle Sankt Ulrich in the Duncker collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF; 211 kB)
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 2.7 ″ N , 11 ° 47 ′ 49.2 ″ E