Schloss Schlatt unter Krähen, Renaissance château in Singen, Germany
Schloss Schlatt unter Krähen is a three-storey manor house with a gabled roof and four octagonal corner towers, a form known as the Kastelltypus of late medieval castles. It stands at the western edge of Schlatt unter Krähen, near the Hohenkrähen, within an English-style landscape park. The east facade retains traces of Renaissance wall painting uncovered in 1970.
A residence was built before 1539 by Hans Ernst von Reischach. After acquiring the estate, Hans Ludwig von Bodman had a representative country château built between 1592 and 1598. Owners then included the von Raitenau (1606–19), Ebinger von der Burg (1619–1785), Lenz von Lenzenfeld (1785–1790) and von Bodman (1790–1816) families. From 1816 the von Reischach family owned it again; through adoption the inheritance passed to the Counts Douglas of the Langenstein line.
In the ground-floor entrance hall stands the epitaph of Hans Werner von Reischach, carved around 1610 by the sculptor Jörg Zürn. It came from the Reischach chapel of the monastery church at Petershausen, near Konstanz, and was saved from demolition in 1831 by Joseph von Reischach.
The château remains under private ownership by the von Reischach family, so visitors should respect property boundaries and follow any posted access restrictions. The building can be appreciated from outside using the paths around the estate.
The eastern facade reveals remnants of Renaissance paintings uncovered during 1970 restoration work, showing original decorative techniques from that period. These findings offer rare insights into the artistic decoration and surface treatment of noble residences from this era.
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