Eislingen Castle

The city library of Eislingen/Fils has been housed in the former Eislingen Castle of Baron von Welden since 1989.

The founding of the Eislingen city library emerged from the history of the house. Baron Constantin Adolph von Welden, who had acquired the Großeislingen manor in 1765, had the initially two-story building with a mansard roof, along with some outbuildings and parkland, built as a summer house. After the Baron's death in 1772, his only son sold the entire estate to the Count of Eybach, whose descendants kept the house in family possession until 1918.

Already in the 18th century, the small castle showed structural damage; the half-timbering rotted and was replaced in 1779 by a solid wall along with an additional story up to the mansard roof. Further repairs had to be carried out at the beginning of the 19th century. The construction of a railway line in 1846, which ran through the count's property, increasingly affected the estate. Around 1900, further land was sold by the Eybach counts as building plots, including for a factory building to the company Zeller+Gmelin, which also acquired the castle in 1918 and had offices and apartments set up there.

In 1977, the city of Eislingen bought the castle. In 1988, the city council decided, based on concrete usage concepts and after thorough restoration work, to house a city library on two floors, which was established in 1989.