Weveldhaus

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Weveldhaus seen from Karlsplatz
Entrance of the Weveldhaus

The Weveldhaus is a baroque palace in the Upper Bavarian town of Neuburg an der Donau . It was built in 1517 and rebuilt to its current form from 1713 to 1715. The Weveld family used the building as a winter residence until the 1930s . Since 2005, the building at Amalienstraße A 19 has housed the Neuburg City Museum operated by the Historisches Verein Neuburg .

history

Alliance coat of arms on the main portal of the Weveldhaus
The prince-bishop's court building director of Eichstätt, Gabriel de Gabrieli

The building dates back to 1517, as evidenced by the stone coat of arms under the bay window, and was originally in the Renaissance style. The builder was Martin Lerch, who was mint master of the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg from 1515 to 1521 . In 1713 it was acquired by Wilhelm Adam Balduin von Weveld from Sinning Castle , located near Neuburg, and had it increased by one floor and rebuilt in the Baroque style by the Prince-Bishop's court building director Gabriel de Gabrieli from Eichstätt . The palace remained in the possession Weveldschen until the family during the Great Depression in 1929 after the seizure of power of the Nazis was forced to sell it to pay off debts to the city of Neuburg an der Donau.

In 1939 the historical association Neuburg ad Donau bought the Weveldhaus in order to build its local museum there, but this was prevented by the outbreak of the Second World War. It was not until 1950 that the association was able to implement this project and move its collection to the Weveldhaus. At first only the second floor was used for this purpose, in 1952 the first floor was added to the museum area. In 1982, however, the association sold the house back to the city of Neuburg in order to finance the renovation of the city ​​palace and the construction of the palace museum in 1987. As a result, the Weveldhaus was renovated and, in 2005, the Neuburg City Museum in the Palais was reopened by the Historical Association.

architecture

Karlsplatz, in the background on the left the Weveldhaus

The Weveldhaus is located between Karlsplatz and Amalienstraße in the Upper Old Town. In 1550 the entrance hall of the palace was decorated with Renaissance paintings, which however were plastered over 50 years later. After the end of the Thirty Years War and around 1690, the house was further rebuilt, so all floors were provided with an outlet and a smoke kitchen , and a stair tower was added to the rear. In 1713, under Wilhelm Adam Balduin Weveld, not only was the building increased and the facade redesigned in Baroque style, but a double coat of arms with a Madonna's head was placed over the entrance and the interior was decorated with elaborate stucco . The bay window on the southeast side of the house is also characteristic . Since the last renovation by Weveld, the building has remained almost completely unchanged, which makes it an important testimony of Baroque architecture today.

museum

The Stadtmuseum Neuburg an der Donau, through its sponsor, the Historisches Verein Neuburg , has an extensive collection on the city's history, which ranges from finds from the Neolithic in Neuburg to relics from the Roman era to the history of Neuburg as a garrison town , including exhibits from the Herero - and the Boxer Rebellion . In addition, the club and museum have a larger stamp and coin collection and a library of around 20,000 books. The museum is thematically divided: the first floor deals primarily with the history of the city with the subjects of religion, rulers and trade, while the second floor primarily shows exhibits from the fields of handicrafts and associations.

literature

  • Barbara Höglmeier and Walter Maerz: City Museum in the Weveldhaus. For the new presentation of the traditional collection. In: Museum heute , issue 29 / December 2005. pp. 52–57 ( online as PDF )

Web links

Commons : Weveldhaus (Neuburg an der Donau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lydia L. Dewiel: Upper Bavaria. DuMont Reiseverlag, 2007, ISBN 3770133358 , p. 36.
  2. ↑ Welcome to Sinning Castle: History. (No longer available online.) Freiherr von Weveld'sche Gutsverwaltung, archived from the original on May 23, 2013 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schloss-sinning.de
  3. ↑ a b c d Barbara Höglmeier and Walter Maerz: City Museum in the Weveldhaus. For the new presentation of the traditional collection. ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museen-in-bayern.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: Museum heute , issue 29 / December 2005. pp. 52–57.
  4. ^ Opening of the city museum in the Weveldhaus, Neuburg / D. (PDF; 5.8 MB) Brennessel Magazin, April 2005.
  5. ^ Historical Association Neuburg an der Donau. Retrieved November 14, 2009.

Coordinates: 48 ° 44 '14.12 "  N , 11 ° 10' 38.56"  E