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Leitheim Castle

Leitheim Castle
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In Leitheim, a three-story square building, a former summer residence of the abbots of Kaisheim Monastery, stands on a hill above the northern bank of the Danube. It was conceived as an ecclesiastical manor.

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The first mention of the Litun court, today's Leitheim, dates back to 1147, and a chapel is documented at this location in 1185. Until 1770, viticulture was practiced on the Danube slopes; Abbot Leonhard Weinmayr recognized its potential in 1427 and expanded cultivation. In 1542, the vineyard was walled and a vintner's house was built. After destruction during the Thirty Years' War, Abbot Elias Götz had the estate expanded into a summer residence from 1696, completing the castle and St. Blasius Church. Between 1748 and 1750, the castle gained a third story and its mansard hip roof. Under Abbot Coelestin I. Mermos, the castle was decorated in Rococo style in 1751, including a fresco cycle by Gottfried Bernhard Göz.

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