Künstlerhaus, Historicist castle hotel above the Würzburger Stein vineyard in Würzburg, Germany
Schloss Steinburg is a three-storey historicist building above the Würzburger Stein vineyard in the Grombühl district. The Würzburg architect and builder Andreas Pfannes erected it in 1897/98 in a Gothicising style, using limestone bossage masonry with projections, oriels and towers under saddle, half-hipped, conical and pyramidal roofs. It has served as a hotel since 1958.
A Hohenlohe castle called castrum in lapide stood on the Steinberg under Bishop Iring von Reinstein (1254–1265) and was destroyed around 1356. The present building, erected in 1897/98 by architect Andreas Pfannes, served the Roßperger artists' society before wine merchant J. W. Meuschel bought it around 1900 and renamed it Schloss Steinburg. Forced sale in 1937 passed it to the Bürgerspitalstiftung, then to Hans Bezold, who had Adolf Spiegel simplify it.
The name recalls the Würzburg artists' association "Roßperger", which used the building as its Künstlergesellschaftshaus before wine merchant J. W. Meuschel bought it around 1900 and called it Schloss Steinburg. Since 1958 it has operated as a hotel, run by the Bezold family until 1986.
The building stands on the Steinberg above the Würzburger Stein vineyard in the Grombühl district, reachable on foot via the uphill path from the valley. As a hotel it is open to the public, and the 2012 Refugium annexe east of the historic wing serves conferences and events. Guests arriving by car approach from the Grombühl side.
The building was long used as the Künstlergesellschaftshaus of the Würzburg artists' association "Roßperger" before the wine merchant J. W. Meuschel bought it around 1900 and gave it the name Schloss Steinburg. The three-storey conglomerate stone building with corner projections, oriels and towers was designed by architect Andreas Pfannes in 1897/98.
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