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Schloss Kirchlauter

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Location: Kirchlauter, Haßberge, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Grauturm (Herb Tower) Ebern – Köslau Village Center loop from Ebern

49.5km

02:57

360m

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2. Deusdorfer Mühle – Köslau Village Center loop from Baunach

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3. Köslau Village Center – Weißfichtensee loop from Unterpreppach

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🚴 Rudi Pfeil 🚴

March 26, 2024

Kirchlauter Castle, also known as Guttenberg's moated castle, is the center of the village of Kirchlauter (Ebelsbach administrative community) in the Haßberge district in Lower Franconia. The angular baroque complex is in good condition and is inhabited.

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🚴 Rudi Pfeil 🚴

March 26, 2024

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In 1511, Moritz von Guttenberg received Kirchlauter as a fief from the Bishopric of Würzburg. In the 16th century, the Lords of Guttenberg built the so-called Old Castle southwest of the later castle complex, which today serves as the administrator's house. From 1689, the Würzburg Prince-Bishop Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg began building a new moated castle, which was partially rebuilt in the 18th century. The Barons of Guttenberg lived in the complex until 1968. Today the castle belongs to the Counts of Stauffenberg, to whom it came through Countess Elisabeth, a née Baroness von und zu Guttenberg. Towards the end of the Second World War, Kirchlauter was shelled by the Americans. The castle also suffered major damage, which was repaired.

The two three-story castle wings stand on a square base and are surrounded by a lined (brick) moat. Access is provided by a two-bay sandstone bridge with baluster parapets and brick pillars. The gables of the tiled gable roofs are closed off in the west and south by two-story panels decorated with volutes and obelisks. The rest of the structure is kept simple. The profiled window frames, cornices and rusticated corner bands were left stone-faced, the wall surfaces are plastered white. The portal is located on the courtyard side of the east wing and is flanked by a pair of Ionic columns. Above it, two angel figures hold the sandstone coat of arms of the episcopal builder. On the first floor of the east wing, the ancestral hall with its rich stucco decoration (around 1730) and numerous oil portraits has been preserved.

Heinrich Zimmer, a master from Antonio Petrini's circle, is known to be the master builder and architect.

A walled park with some baroque garden figures and an orangery extends around the castle. To the southwest is the Old Castle in front of the main castle. The two-story building has a half-timbered upper floor with a corner bay window. The castle district is completed by the farm buildings; the Guttenberg-Horneck marital coat of arms (around 1720) is attached to the Schüttboden.

Kirchlauter Castle is a venue for the Music in Franconian Castles and Music Magic Franconia concert series.

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Location: Kirchlauter, Haßberge, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Schloss Kirchlauter

1. Grauturm (Herb Tower) Ebern – Köslau Village Center loop from Ebern

2. Deusdorfer Mühle – Köslau Village Center loop from Baunach

3. Köslau Village Center – Weißfichtensee loop from Unterpreppach

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