Eyrichshof Castle

The three-winged complex is fronted to the south and west by a large English park. To the north and east are extensive farm buildings and stables from the 18th and 19th centuries. The entrance to the forecourt is from the east through a round-arched gate with the Rotenhan coat of arms. The surrounding wall is secured by two low round towers. South of the entrance rises the large castle chapel. The rectangular sacred building was built in 1685/86 after a fire. A representative column portal with the Rotenhan-Erffa marital coat of arms provides access on the gable side. Above it, a hexagonal bell tower crowns the facade. Inside, a late Baroque stucco ceiling, again with the Rotenhan-Erffa marital coat of arms. Simple Baroque furnishings, the pulpit body is decorated with twisted columns.

The castle consists of a central tract running from north to south, to which a side wing was added at right angles at each end. The central and south wings essentially still belong to the 16th century, the "guest building" in the north was built from 1735 in sober Rococo forms. The T-shaped side wings form courtyards of honor to the west and east. The south and central wings interpenetrate each other and are terminated by stepped gables (altered in the 19th century). Both wings have three residential floors above a plinth floor. The garden front (south wing) is fronted by a terrace with an open staircase, and in the second and third floors, a Renaissance bay window projects centrally from the wall line. To the west, a mighty, five-story round tower protects the castle. To the east, a low annex leads to a squat, round stair tower. The tower and annex were heavily reworked in the 19th century. Another stair tower provides access to the central building. The five-story tower projects on three sides. The upper floor is designed in rich half-timbered forms, topped by a gable roof with a half-timbered gable and a large hoist opening. The Renaissance wings have high gable roofs, but in the north, the roof truss is hipped against the "guest building". This northern wing appears as an independent building under a lower hipped roof. Two high stories rise above a plinth floor. The building is ten window axes long and two axes wide, the corners are articulated by rusticated pilasters.

Of the interior rooms, only the main hall is occasionally publicly accessible. A magnificent Renaissance door with richly articulated portal framing is noteworthy there. The wooden flat ceiling of the room rests on girders supported by renewed posts. The "guest building" still houses a Rococo room with a mirrored ceiling and oval ancestral portraits. The castle library was paneled in the Renaissance style in the 19th century. On the upper floor of the old orangery southeast of the castle, several Baroque stucco ceilings (around 1690) with partly figural representations are preserved.

The north wing of the castle was planned by Karl Friedrich von Zocha and built from 1735 by the master builder Johann David Steingruber.