Schloss Wengwies
Wengwies Castle
Eschenlohe
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- Where
- Eschenlohe
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Schloss Wengwies stands in Eschenlohe (Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.
Schloss Wengwies stands in the hamlet of Wengwies, part of the municipality of Eschenlohe, at the foot of the Upper Bavarian mountains. It was built in 1902 by architects Albert Jack and Max Wanner for Fritz von Stetten, a member of a patrician family from Augsburg, in the historicist style fashionable at the time. The place itself goes back to 1335, when it was recorded as a small settlement of two farms belonging to Ettal Abbey, and the estate has remained in the hands of the Rechberg family since the period after the First World War.
What to know
- The Schloss remains private property, owned by the Rechberg family, which limits public access.
- No information on opening hours, visiting arrangements or admission fees is available for this site.
- The building is listed as a Baudenkmal in Bavaria.
- It stands in the small hamlet of Wengwies, away from the centre of Eschenlohe.
Where this château is
Eschenlohe · Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen · Bayern
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Address
Wengwies, 82438 Eschenlohe
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- Heritage status
- Baudenkmal in Bayern
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Frequently asked
- Can you visit Schloss Wengwies?
- No public visiting information is available, as the castle is privately owned.
- Who had Schloss Wengwies built?
- Fritz von Stetten, from a patrician family in Augsburg, commissioned it in 1902 from architects Jack and Wanner.
- Where is Schloss Wengwies located?
- It lies in the hamlet of Wengwies, part of the municipality of Eschenlohe, in the Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria.
- Who owns Schloss Wengwies today?
- It has belonged to the Rechberg family since the period after the First World War.
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