Alteglofsheim Castle is located in the Upper Palatinate municipality of the same name, Alteglofsheim, in the Regensburg district of Bavaria.
This stately former manor house, which dates back to a high medieval castle complex, the Castrum Egelofsheim, dating back to 1240, is located within the village, some distance from the main road.
The name comes from the Eglofsheim family. Since the 10th century, there has been a moated castle here with an associated manorial estate. The castle was repeatedly remodeled and expanded over the centuries. After frequent changes of ownership, Johann Georg Freiherr von Königsfeld acquired the Alteglofsheim estate in 1659. In 1685, he became an Imperial Count. Michael Wening reports that he "extended the castle with a new wing and furnished and decorated it with architectural ornaments, pleasing paintings, and other exquisite rarities."[1]
In his will in 1694, he left the estate to his grandson, Hans Georg Joseph Anton Maria Graf von Königsfeld. He served as Minister of State and Conference to Elector Karl Albrecht and First Minister during his reign as Emperor. From 1728 to 1734, he had the palace significantly expanded and refurbished. His successor, Count Christian Johann August von Königsfeld, the Elector's ambassador to Vienna, built the north wing of the palace with the magnificent dining hall (Oval Hall) in 1780. In 1810, the Königsfeld family died out. The Barons von Cetto succeeded as owners, and in 1835, Prince Maximilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis acquired the palace. The Princes von Thurn und Taxis sold it to a pastor in 1939, and it later passed to his housekeeper.
The war and post-war period led to the palace being dilapidated for other purposes, and it fell into increasing disrepair. The Free State of Bavaria acquired it in 1973 and made it available to the University of Regensburg in 1980. In 1989, the palace was designated as the site for the third Bavarian Academy of Music. Construction began in 1992, and the Academy began operations here in June 1999. Following renovations and reconstructions costing 55 million marks, the palace was officially opened to its new purpose by Minister of Culture Hans Zehetmair in September 2000. The renovation of the palace grounds, completed in spring 2002, cost an additional 1.3 million marks. Tours of the palace are only possible for groups by prior arrangement. Source: Wikipedia