Gry-Schloss Mansbach – Wikipedia
The Try-Schloss Mansbach is located in Mansbach, a district of the municipality of Hohenroda in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse.
Between 1577 and 1578, the castle was built by Wilhelm von Mansbach instead of a predecessor castle destroyed by Abbot Bertho IV in 1276 and was called “Wilhelmsburg” until its sale in 1652. [first] The new owner, the Hessian lieutenant General Johann von Geyso, and his grandson Valentin von Geyso had the castle rebuilt in the third quarter of the 17th century and added a cavalier house and a carriage house to the property. Further renovation measures in 1878 finally gave the castle its current appearance.
From 1918 to 1932 Heinrich von Sydow ran a first stud on the property. Afterwards, and until May 1945, the Wehrmacht used the facility as a remonte depot in which three and four-year-old horses were trained for the military service. The head of the depot was Karl Böhme. In 1944 the Victor von Békésy fled from the east moved into the facility with some Huzulen from his own breeding. On May 13, 1945, a division of the American cavalry took the Geyso lock. It went into government property in 1947 and has been home to the administration of the technical school for horse breeding and keeping as well as foal breeding. [2] After conversions by the Federal Immobilien Office, the main building has been used as a rental housing area since the 1970s. The half -timbering was sold to the municipality of Hohenroda in 1992. In 2014 the main building passed in private property. It is owned by KG Castle and is still used for residential purposes as well as for cultural activities.
On the side of the two -storey rectangular building facing the park with nine on three windows axes and high, tough gables there is a octagonal stair tower with segment dome, which is protruding over the saddle roof. , also with a dwarf house and figurative and ornamental reliefs. The Renaissance portal on the courtyard has figurative symbolic sculptures. A two -storey half -timbered house is grown on the northern gable side. Another small stair tower conceals the transition between the two buildings. The baroque cavalier house, which was located somewhat east of the castle, had to be demolished in 1968 due to dilapidation.
The local museum, which is entertained by the Mansbach-Soislieden Tourist Association, is housed in the half-timbered cultivation. There are apartments in the main building, some of which can be rented as holiday apartments. [3] [4] The castle is also a venue for the Kulturverein Sonnenzeit, a non -profit organization based in Mansbach, the purpose of which is to culturally revitalize the town center of Mansbach and to make a place of common ground in the historically valuable cultural monument accessible to everyone interested. The cultural networking of all ages of age in society, as well as the promotion of art and culture in the region are the desired goals. [5] From 2015 to 2017 the open-air was found here Mansbach Music and Arts Festival instead of. [6] [7]
In 1683, the family had a chapel, the so-called Geyso chapel, built in the mountain cemetery, which was used as a family crypt until 1922. According to the German Foundation for Monument Protection, the hall building has a “rich building jewelry”. However, the bell chair of the roof rider is in need of renovation and the building was therefore closed to the public in 2020; A renovation is in preparation. [8]
- ↑ Geyso Castle in the wiki of the project “Renaissance locks in Hesse” at the Germanic National Museum , Access on June 28, 2014.
- ↑ Noteboard No. 16 of the Mansbach-Soislieden Tourist Association at the entrance to the courtyard
- ↑ Living in the old Geyso lock. Accessed on January 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Small apartment in the castle geyso. Accessed on January 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Kulturverein Sonnenzeit e.V. – Culture in the castle ; Club side; accessed on January 15, 2018
- ↑ kling-festival.de – FestivalWezeSite ; accessed on January 15, 2018
- ↑ A relaxed festival in the park (PDF file; 1.6 MB); accessed on January 15, 2018
- ↑ Annual funding program 2020 of the German Foundation for Monument Protection: Hohenroda-Mansbach, Gyy-Kapelle, Hessen , In: Monuments, issue 2/2020, p. 23
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