Löwenstein Castle
{{Infobox building
| name = Löwenstein Castle
| native_name = Schloss Löwenstein
| native_name_lang = de
| alternate_names = Kleinheubach Castle, Schloss Kleinheubach
| image = Schloss Löwenstein Kleinheubach Aerial fg196.jpg
| location_town = Kleinheubach
| location_country = Germany
| start_date = 1721
| completion_date = 1732
| architect = Louis Remy de la Fosse
| architectural_style = Late Baroque
| website = https://www.loewenstein.de
}}
Löwenstein Castle (not to be confused with the ruined medieval castle of the same name in Löwenstein, Germany) is a Late Baroque style castle built in the eighteenth century in Kleinheubach, Germany.
History
Prince Dominic Marquard of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort acquired lordship over Kleinheubach in 1721 from Frederick Charles, Count of Erbach-Limpurg.{{Cite book |last=Simon |first=Gustav |title=Die Geschichte Der Dynasten Und Grafen Zu Erbach Und Ihres Landes |publisher=Nabu Press |date=9 October 2011 |isbn=978-1248077016 |language=de |orig-date=1858}} Although this acquisition came with a castle, Dominic Marquard began construction on a new castle that same year, employing the skills of the architect Louis Remy de la Fosse and the sculptor Jakob van der Auwera. Overseen by Johann Dientzenhofer and (after Dientzhenhofer’s death in 1726) Rinscher of Mannheim, construction came to completion in 1732.{{Cite book |last=Mader |first=Felix |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164578177 |title=Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern / 3,18 Die Kunstdenkmäler von Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg ; Bezirksamt Miltenberg. |date=1981 |publisher=Oldenbourg |others=Hans Karlinger |isbn=3-486-50472-X |edition=Unveränd. Nachdr. der Ausg. München 1917 |location=München |oclc=164578177}}
Although the castle was built in a Late Baroque style, later expansions—such as a greenhouse in 1780, servant’s quarters in 1807-1824, and a riding hall in 1870—were built in a classical style. In 1870, the castle's chapel was also painted in Nazarene style by Eduard von Steinle, Ferdinand Becker, and Leopold Bode.{{Cite web |title=Maler Becker - regionalgeschichte.net |url=http://www.hgg-gonsenheim.de/index.php?id=3777 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=www.hgg-gonsenheim.de}}{{Cite book |last=Dettelbacher |first=Werner |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44812135 |title=Franken : Entdeckungsfahrten zwischen Spessart und Fichtelgebirge : Würzburg, Nürnberg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Rothenburg |date=1999 |publisher=DuMont |others=Stefan Fröhling, Andreas Reuss |isbn=3-7701-4186-5 |location=Köln |language=de |oclc=44812135}}{{Cite book |last=Haupt |first=Herman |title=Hessische Biographien |publisher=Saendig |year=1973 |isbn=9783500268101 |volume=1 |language=de}}
Currently, the castle remains in the ownership of Dominic Marquard's descendants, who both reside there and operate it as a conference hotel.{{Cite web |title=Home - Weingut Fürst Löwenstein |url=https://www.loewenstein.de/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=www.loewenstein.de}}
References
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Category:1721 establishments in Europe