White Castle (Heroldsberg)

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White Castle (2017 view)

The White Castle is one of the four castles in the Central Franconian market town of Heroldsberg . The building erected by the Nuremberg patrician family Geuder served the community as the town hall until 2005 and is now used as a museum and event location.

history

In 1471, Endres Geuder acquired inheritance rights and an adjoining garden in the churchyard of today's St. Matthew Church . According to a document from 1487, the construction of a mansion began there. The building was destroyed in the Second Margrave War and rebuilt in its current form in the years from 1565. Around 1762 an octagonal, four-storey stair tower was built.

In 1928, after it was sold by Elsa Johanna von Mayer-Starzhausen, born Freiin von Geuder-Rabensteiner, the castle was transferred to the market town of Heroldsberg, which used it as the town hall and the mayor's apartment. In the 1930s and 1940s, a kindergarten was located on the ground floor of the palace. As the community grew, the historic rooms turned out to be too small and unfavorable for modern administration. In 2005 the town hall moved to a new building near the train station.

After several years of planning and renovation, the castle was reopened as a museum and event location in 2017. Around 2.4 million euros were spent on the renovation of the historic structure and the modern extension.

use

Wedding room in the White Castle

Today the castle serves the community of Heroldsberg as a museum for local history and art as well as an exhibition and event location. A ballroom on the second floor offers space for wedding ceremonies. A permanent exhibition is dedicated to the life and work of the artist Fritz Griebel . The White Castle is run and looked after on a voluntary basis by the Kulturfreunde Heroldsberg eV association

Web links

Commons : White Castle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b admin: White Castle. In: Heroldsberg community. Accessed April 10, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ a b Brunel-Geuder, Eberhard: Heroldsberg. History of a market town . Heroldsberg 1990, p. 32, 35, 55 .
  3. ↑ Weißes Schloss Heroldsberg: A new star in the museum landscape. Retrieved April 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Permanent exhibition in Heroldsberg. In: Fritz Griebel. Accessed April 10, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ White Castle Heroldsberg. Retrieved April 10, 2020 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 9.7 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 28.5 ″  E