Schloss Ermreuth
| Schloss Ermreuth | |
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 Schloss Ermreuth, 2008 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Manor House |
| Town or city | Ermreuth |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°38′25″N 11°11′26″E / 49.64028°N 11.19056°E |
| Current tenants | Karl-Heinz Hoffmann |
| Named for | Ermreuth |
| Completed | 1525 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
Schloss Ermreuth is a
Nazis
and, since 1980, has been the residence of right-wing extremist, Karl-Heinz Hoffmann.
History
14th to 19th centuries
Predecessor buildings on the site of the manor are recorded even before 1358. In 1525 rebellious peasants burnt down the castle. The locksmith, Stefan Muffel, from the
roof terrace with a parapet. According to an old legend, a black mare also lives here, who waits for people to go past the house in the darkness, sits on their back and oppresses them.[1] In 1858 the Künsbergs sold the manor to the owner of the hammer mill, Andreas Schäff, From Erlangen
.
20th and 21st centuries
After the
NSDAP Gauführer school was established here in 1935, whose members were probably involved in the desecration of the Jewish Cemetery in Ermreuth which had been opened in 1711. At that time, the editor of the Nazi newspaper, Der Stürmer, Julius Streicher
, was frequently a guest at the manor.
Immediately after the Second World War, refugees and expellees were placed in the castle from the
Bavarian Red Cross
.
In 1978, Schloss Ermreuth became the
Die Wende, Hoffmann worked for several years as an investor in Thuringian Kahla
and returned to Ermreuth around 2000. The present owner of the manor is not known.
On the Day of the Tag des offenen Denkmals in 2016, the manor was struck off the programme at the direction of the intelligence services.
Despite that, there were guided tours by Hoffmann with very positive feedback according to a newspaper report on Franconia Day.[3]
References
External links
- S. Michael Westerholz, in: Hagalil, 5 September 2010
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