Westernach'sches Kaplaneihaus

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Westernachsches Kaplaneihauses in Schelklingen, built in 1599, from the south

The former Westernachsche Kaplaneihaus is a Renaissance house for a cleric from the Urspring Monastery in the town of Schelklingen in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg .

Coat of arms of the barons of Westernach after Siebmacher, a rising wolf
Westernachsches Kaplaneihauses in Schelklingen, built in 1599, from the southwest with corner bay window
Coat of arms of the barons of Wiesenthau after Siebmacher, a vertical red bar with diamonds
Building inscription above the entrance of the former Westernach chaplain’s house in Schelklingen, built in 1599, with the alliance coat of arms of Westernach (left) and von Wiesenthau (right) (top view)

location

The house is on the north side of Kanzleigasse (Kanzleigasse 1). The north wall of the house formed part of the city wall. In contrast to most of the Schelklingen houses, the eaves side does not run parallel to the street, but the gable side of the house faces the street. This orientation of the house was intended to provide the building with light and to be able to attach a corner bay window.

history

The predecessor of the current building was owned by the Lords of Westernach . In 1404 Konrad von Westernach donated a benefice, the Westernach chaplaincy, to a family altar in the Urspring Monastery . The chaplain received a house in Schelklingen as his residence.

The house was rebuilt in 1599 by Dillingen foreman Jeremias Mayr , as evidenced by the alliance coat of arms with an inscription above the entrance door: “In 1599 the Edel and Vest Erhart von Westernach Fürstl. Augspurgischer Rath and Hofmarschall zu Dillingen dis Pfründthaus again from the ground up, God be praised. ”Erhard von Westernach (1541–1608) was married to Katharina von Wiesenthau . The alliance coat of arms shows the Westernach coat of arms on the left and the coat of arms of the Wiesenthau family on the right .

Jeremias Mayr was an able foreman, and was u. a. busy with work on the Dillinger Castle and the Neresheim monastery church . Erhart von Westernach was a high official of the Bishop of Augsburg and commissioned Jeremias Mayr to build the new home of the Westernacher chaplain in Schelklingen. The house impresses with its elegant appearance and high-quality workmanship: it is built entirely of stone and has a pretty corner bay facing south. In terms of architectural history, the house has a special position among the other Schelklingen houses, which were traditionally half-timbered buildings.

Further use

The Westernachsche Kaplanei lost its income in the 17th century. In 1711, Kloster Urspring sold the house because it had been vacant for a long time to the town of Schelklingen, which subsequently used it as the town chancellery . In the first half of the 19th century it was a bourgeois residential building. Since 1858 the house has been used as the city ​​parsonage and serves as the apartment of the respective Catholic city pastor.

The building is a listed building and has been entered in the list of Schelklingen architectural monuments.

literature

  • Klaus Freiherr von Andrian-Werburg : Kronburg: an imperial knighthood territory in Swabia and its owners. Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten, Allgäu 1969, p. 68.
  • Adolf Layer : The Dillingen Renaissance master builder Jeremias Mayr: a predecessor and competitor of Johannes Alberthal. In: Yearbook of the historical association Dillingen an der Donau. Vol. 85, 1980, pp. 77-81.
  • Franz Rothenbacher: On the building history of the city of Schelklingen. In: Stadt Schelklingen (ed.): Schelklingen: History and life of a city. Süddeutsche Verlagsanstalt, Ulm 1984, pp. 100-102.
  • Paulus Weißenberger: Building history of the Neresheim abbey. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1934, p. 160 note 394.

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 34.8 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 52.6"  E