Schloss Illerfeld, Manor house in Illerfeld, Memmingen, Germany
Schloss Illerfeld is a two-story palace in Memmingen featuring rectangular windows in the central building and single-story wings added between 1820 and 1830. The structure sits on elevated ground near the banks of the Iller river and is surrounded by a formal garden.
Sigmund von Lupin built the manor in 1784 on a slight rise near the Iller, along the St 2009 road. Between 1820 and 1830 the main building was extended by the outer axes of its single-storey side wings. The estate lies in Illerfeld, a hamlet of Ferthofen in the Memmingen area of Upper Swabia.
The palace interior contains parts of an organ from St Martin's Church in Memmingen that were incorporated into the stairwell and upper corridor. These organ fragments show how historical materials from religious buildings were repurposed into private living spaces.
Access to the palace grounds is through a garden gateway with sandstone pillars bearing coats of arms and inscriptions. Visitors should allow time to explore the formal gardens and surroundings to get a full sense of the estate.
The obelisk 800 metres south of the manor was put up by the lord of the manor in memory of a beloved riding horse, not as a grave. Between it and the replica of the Antius Lupus sculpture 250 metres south of the house runs a tulip tree avenue with a small park.
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