Ehemaliges Jagdschloss, Former hunting lodge in Diebach, Germany.
The former hunting lodge is a two-story building with a mansard roof and natural stone elements in Diebach. The facade shows a clear structure with windows and doorways, while the stonework reflects careful craftsmanship.
The estate belonged to the County of Hohenlohe and passed to the Hohenlohe-Bartenstein line in the 1688 division; that line built the hunting lodge around 1700. During the French Revolution it sheltered emigrants from France, and Sophie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein set up a seminary there that trained Catholic clergy until it was dissolved in 1814. Sold to private owners in 1928, it later decayed, and further changes of owner followed in 1983 and before 2000.
The name recalls the Hohenlohe hunt; the building later housed a seminary for French Catholic clergy, set up by Sophie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein and dissolved in 1814. The exterior has kept its appearance since around 1700, while the interior was adapted to each new use.
The former hunting lodge stands in the centre of Wolfsau, a district of Diebach in the Ansbach district. The building is a private property and its interior is not open to visitors; the two-storey exterior with its mansard hipped roof can be viewed from the public street. The site is recorded as a Bavarian monument under file number D-5-71-134-21.
The building kept its outer form unchanged since around 1700, but its interior was repeatedly adapted to new uses. In 1928 it passed into private hands and decayed so badly that the next owner had to take the castle along with the barn he actually wanted to buy.
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