Neuburg Castle

Neuburg Castle

Neuburg Castle

The Neuburg Castle (German: Schloss Neuburg) is a palace in Neuburg an der Donau, Upper Bavaria.
History

The original castle was built in the early Middle Ages by the Agilolfings. This was acquired by the Wittelsbach dukes in 1247.

When Count Palatine Otto Henry began his rule in Palatinate-Neuburg in 1522, he found a medieval fortified castle in his residence city of Neuburg, which, unlike similar than other royal residences was still not adjusted for the demands of a modern royal court. So from 1527 he ordered to re-design the castle into a Renaissance palace and to expand the artistic quality and condition to one of the most important palaces of the first half of the 16th Century in Germany. From 1537 an additional west wing was added which also includes the chapel. With his conversion to the Lutheran doctrine in 1541 the Palatine Chapel was decorated with excellent facilities, the antique-style Italian picture program painted in 1543 has been obtained. The chapel was decorated with famous frescoes by the Salzburg church painter Hans Bocksberger the Elder. The chapel is the oldest Protestant church in Bavaria. Because of the financial difficulties and bankruptcy of Otto Henry in 1544, the construction of the west wing took a long time.

Wikipedia

Website:http://www.schloesser.bayern.de/deutsch/schloss/objekte/neuburg.htm

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Patio interior del castillo con el ala completada en 1537. Neuburg Castle 29
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Patio interior del castillo con el ala completada en 1537. Neuburg Castle 29

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These windows and sgraffiti here somehow remind me of stone / Danube. Innenhof. Neuburg Castle 31

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The stair tower trimmed in 1824, including a sgraffito with the Babylonian tower. Innenhof. Neuburg Castle 32
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The stair tower trimmed in 1824, including a sgraffito with the Babylonian tower. Innenhof. Neuburg Castle 32

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Ground floor arcades Ottheinrichbau. Innenhof. Neuburg Castle 40
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From the original, magnificent interior little preserved, including the 2nd floor in the NO the Antichambre with the hunting Diana on the ceiling. Neuburg Castle 55
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From the original, magnificent interior little preserved, including the 2nd floor in the NO the Antichambre with the hunting Diana on the ceiling. Neuburg Castle 55

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Furthermore, the over 2 floors reaching hall in the northeastern rondel, on the illusionistic ceiling paintings, inter alia, Cleopatra and Mark Antony at the feast. Neuburg Castle 57
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Furthermore, the over 2 floors reaching hall in the northeastern rondel, on the illusionistic ceiling paintings, inter alia, Cleopatra and Mark Antony at the feast. Neuburg Castle 57

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Además, los más de 2 pisos que alcanzan la sala en el rondel noreste, en las pinturas ilusionistas del techo, entre otros, Cleopatra y Marco Antonio en la fiesta. Neuburg Castle 58
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Además, los más de 2 pisos que alcanzan la sala en el rondel noreste, en las pinturas ilusionistas del techo, entre otros, Cleopatra y Marco Antonio en la fiesta. Neuburg Castle 58

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Today, there are interesting museum collections in the individual floors of the Philipp Wilhelm Building, including the Principality of Pfalz-Neuburg. These include some very valuable tapestries, commissioned by Count Palatine Ottheinrich. Neuburg Castle 59
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Today, there are interesting museum collections in the individual floors of the Philipp Wilhelm Building, including the Principality of Pfalz-Neuburg. These include some very valuable tapestries, commissioned by Count Palatine Ottheinrich. Neuburg Castle 59

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Count Palatine Ottheinrich (1503-59), the carpet dated 1535. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 60
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Count Palatine Ottheinrich (1503-59), the carpet dated 1535. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 60

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Palatine Countess Susanna (1502-43), 1533 dat. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 61
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Palatine Countess Susanna (1502-43), 1533 dat. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 61

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Count Palatine Philip the Disputeable (1503-48). Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 62
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Count Palatine Philip the Disputeable (1503-48). Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 62

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Excerpt from 'The Departure from Jaffa' (1541), one of two carpets in which Count Palatine Ottheinrich had his 1521 journey to the Holy Land sites recorded (also below), in the whole. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 63
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Excerpt from 'The Departure from Jaffa' (1541), one of two carpets in which Count Palatine Ottheinrich had his 1521 journey to the Holy Land sites recorded (also below), in the whole. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 63

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Excerpt from 'The Departure from Jaffa' (1541). Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 64
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Excerpt from 'The Departure from Jaffa' (1541). Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 64

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Excerpt from 'The Departure from Jaffa' (1541). Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 65
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Excerpt from 'The Departure from Jaffa' (1541). Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 65

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Ascension of Christ. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 66
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Ascension of Christ. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 66

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Ceiling. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 68
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Family tree Pfalz-Neuburg. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 69
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Family tree Pfalz-Neuburg. Philipp Wilhelm Building. Neuburg Castle 69

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Zwerchgiebel vom Neuen Bau (Diaphragm of the New Building). Neuburg Castle 70
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The Knight's Hall on the 1st floor of the New Building with preserved coffered ceiling and limestone columns. Neuburg Castle 72
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The Knight's Hall on the 1st floor of the New Building with preserved coffered ceiling and limestone columns. Neuburg Castle 72

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Hofstube from the 16th century on the ground floor of the west wing. Neuburg Castle 74
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Hofstube from the 16th century on the ground floor of the west wing. Neuburg Castle 74

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The Grosse Fletz on the 1st floor of the Ottheinrichsbau. Hochrenaissance-Kasettendecke im 1. OG-Flez des Westflügel. Neuburg Castle 75
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The Grosse Fletz on the 1st floor of the Ottheinrichsbau. Hochrenaissance-Kasettendecke im 1. OG-Flez des Westflügel. Neuburg Castle 75

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Now a few interior photos of the Ottheinrichsbau, housed today in the State Gallery with important works of Flemish Baroque painting, including by PP Rubens, A. van Dyck and J. Brueghel. Neuburg Castle 76
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Now a few interior photos of the Ottheinrichsbau, housed today in the State Gallery with important works of Flemish Baroque painting, including by PP Rubens, A. van Dyck and J. Brueghel. Neuburg Castle 76

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The Concert of Cats. David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690). Neuburg Castle 78
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The Concert of Cats. David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690). Neuburg Castle 78

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View into the landscape road with former government building on the left and Marstall in the background. Neuburg Castle 79
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View into the landscape road with former government building on the left and Marstall in the background. Neuburg Castle 79

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On the second floor of the Ottheinrich Building (formerly the Classicist reconstruction in 1824) the huge Fest- and Ahnensaal, this red marble portal has been preserved. Großer Saal. Neuburg Castle 82
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On the second floor of the Ottheinrich Building (formerly the Classicist reconstruction in 1824) the huge Fest- and Ahnensaal, this red marble portal has been preserved. Großer Saal. Neuburg Castle 82

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The interior of the castle chapel, begun in 1537 and completed in 1543, the oldest Protestant church building D (about the same time as the castle chapel in Torgau), a two-storey courtyard chapel with galleries. Schlosskapelle. Neuburg Castle 89
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The interior of the castle chapel, begun in 1537 and completed in 1543, the oldest Protestant church building D (about the same time as the castle chapel in Torgau), a two-storey courtyard chapel with galleries. Schlosskapelle. Neuburg Castle 89

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The painting by the Salzburg Hans Bocksberger from 1543, after the Upper Bavaria Dehio 'probably the most important extant painting of that time in D'. Ottheinrich introduced the Reformation in Neuburg in 1542, 1617 Neuburg was again Catholic. Schlosskapelle. Neuburg Castle 93
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The painting by the Salzburg Hans Bocksberger from 1543, after the Upper Bavaria Dehio 'probably the most important extant painting of that time in D'. Ottheinrich introduced the Reformation in Neuburg in 1542, 1617 Neuburg was again Catholic. Schlosskapelle. Neuburg Castle 93

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The castle chapel to Neuburg a. d. Danube. One of the earliest evangelical church rooms in the reflection of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Schloßkapelle. Neuburg Castle 94
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The castle chapel to Neuburg a. d. Danube. One of the earliest evangelical church rooms in the reflection of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Schloßkapelle. Neuburg Castle 94

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Reconstruction of the floor plan on the first floor around 1559. Neuburg Castle 108
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Reconstruction of the floor plan on the first floor around 1559. Neuburg Castle 108

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