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Hirschwald Gatehouse

Hirschwald Gatehouse

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Hirschwald Gatehouse

Name: Hirschwald Gatehouse
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Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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December 16, 2023

Gatehouse of the Hirschwald hunting lodge

The village of “Gumpenhof” used to be located on the site of today’s Hirschwald, which was mentioned in a document in 1112 and was larger than today’s Hirschwald. In 1454, the Ensdorf monastery left the statutes for the Gumpenhofe to Elector Friedrich I for the use of an “estate”. In 1513, Count Palatine Friedrich II became administrator of the Upper Palatinate with the seat of government in Amberg. As a passionate hunter, he turned the deer forest into a large state-owned game reserve and, in Gumpenhof, built a hunting lodge with outbuildings, a new four-sided enclosure for the stately hunting parties and a curtain wall around it.
In 1538, Elector Friedrich of the Palatinate rode with a large entourage on 128 horses for the first major deer hunt. In 1545 it was called Gumpenhof yetzt zum Hirschwald.
The gatehouse was built in the mid-16th century as part of the castle wall. It is the last structural evidence of the court complex built after 1513 for the Wittelsbachs in the Upper Palatinate. During the Electoral Palatinate era, a blacksmith shop was housed in the gatehouse, and today's barn was the associated stables. After 1795 a farming family lived there. The former hunting lodge was demolished in the 1970s.
Of the buildings, only the gatehouse is listed, the surrounding walls of which date back to the time of Frederick II, while the interior of the building and the roof were rebuilt in 1916 according to the volume in traditional construction. A small street leads through the gate (the passage is closed).
The repair of the gatehouse is being funded by the German Foundation for Monument Protection (DSD) with €30,000. The new owners since 2013, the architect couple Birgit Rieger and Willi Schmid, are planning a restaurant, a so-called Hutzastub'n, on the ground floor of the gatehouse for visitors to the Hirschwald Nature Park and overnight accommodation on the upper floor of the gatehouse. The Steinstadel next to it is also part of the historical ensemble and is intended to be used for cultural purposes.
The renovation of the historic gatehouse was completed in 2022/2023 and was very successful.

Source: wikipedia.de / ensdorf.de

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