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maiestatis das Werk belasten würden. in a particular sequence, taking into Zum Nachweis von Interpretations- English summary account a very broad spectrum of pre- fehlern, vom unpräzisen Umgang mit liminary studies, and their likely ef- Fachwörtern, von redaktionellen Un- fects on the complex as a whole. zulänglichkeiten sei mit Einschluss Editorial The first five articles range from theo- von „Stilblüten“ hier nur jeweils ein It is immediately obvious from the retical considerations via the prelimi- Beispiel zitiert: Das Weimarer Resi- introduction by the President of the nary studies to practical implementa- denzschloss hat sich durchaus nicht Deutsche Burgenvereinigung (DBV: tion. The next two broaden the scope im 17. Jahrhundert „als Dreiflügelge- German Castles Association), Alex- with their different emphases. Regine stalt bereits [ge]öffnet“ (S. 327) – was ander Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein- Dölling discusses Magnus Backes and der Autor wissen müsste, zumal er Sayn, that this edition is something out his links with the Marksburg (of which sich im Rückdeckeltext als „zuletzt of the ordinary. It is one in which we he was custodian from 1958 to 1961). [September 1991 bis September have a personal interest – a subject Busso von der Dollen’s article will be 1992] amtierender Direktor der area in which we are closely involved of particular importance in the future Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar“ zu er- (and which on occasion has been a because he taps source studies and kennen geben lässt –; „Dieser Saal matter of controversy): restoration for interviews with contemporary witnes- füllt das [!] ganze Mittelrisalit“, muss conservation purposes, as practised ses to discuss the uses to which the man auf S. 42 lesen, und einen Gipfel- over recent years, and in particular the castle’s rooms have been put in the punkt philologischer Unzulänglich- question of plasterwork and colouring twentieth century, thereby providing a keit bietet die Sequenz: „Er [unklar at castles. Not just any castle, but our sound basis for future plans for alter- bleibt bis zum Satz-Ende, ob Archi- own castle – the Marksburg – because native use and restoration. tekt oder Baukörper] besitzt [!] eine that is where the DBV’s very credibi- As former chief executive of the DBV, bisher nicht erkannte Bedeutung jener lity and its obligation, pursuant to its Klaus Tragbar is concerned with the Phase innerhalb der Schloßbaukunst constitution, to set an example are ex- fundamental issue of bare masonry …, was durch sein frühes abtragen [!] posed to the scrutiny of a broader, versus plasterwork at castles. Closely begründet ist“ (S. 31f.). expert public. To this extent, this issue connected with this is the question of of Burgen und Schlösser not only how to ‚read‘ the history of a building Hermann Wirth shows how decisions on conservation over a long period marked by many Anmerkung matters have been made possible, and changes. He also considers the argu- 1 Durch Vermählung einer ihrer Töchter why, but also why decisions are ulti- ment still being advanced by Magnus 1745 mit dem drei Jahre zuvor als Nach- mately taken, and how. It is therefore Backes in 1987 that although the cast- folger der Zarin Elisabeth nach Russland in a sense a question of accountability. le had originally been plastered, the gerufenen Enkel Peters des Großen und Herzog Karl Peter Ulrich v. Holstein-Got- It seeks to make the decisions taken bare masonry of Bodo Ebhardt’s war torp. hitherto as transparent and as compre- memorial by the Rhine in Braubach hensible as possible. It also seeks to respected the creative harmony of the encourage further discussion and – castle and the town walls as they were most importantly – an even greater in his day. However, faced with the sensitivity towards the way in which position maintained over a long period we treat the fabric of historical buil- by the Rhineland-Palatinate Conser- dings. In other words, it is also a vation Department, this approach, in- learning process in which it is only spired by the romantic movement and possible to recognise what we are al- the way it viewed ruins, is not some- ready vaguely aware of. thing which can be automatically app- Other opinions are welcome, and this lied to an intact castle, but is more is made clear by the authors of the applicable to a ruin - which the Marks- articles, some of whom represent dif- burg manifestly is not. Here, too, the ferent schools of thought. It is also a bare masonry is the result more of corollary of the international confe- chance than of design. This is the of- rence in 1990 on Plasterwork and co- ficial line of the DBV which, in the louring on mediaeval buildings in- final analysis, faced with the reality of spired and organised by the DBV, rapidly accelerating decay of the grey- which encouraged a discussion of the wacke walls of the outer courtyards subject which was both far-reaching and the need to work towards protec- and in-depth. ting and preserving them, is left only The decisive factor as far as the with the option of constructive protec- Marksburg is concerned was the con- tion in the form of extensive rende- sensus between conservationists and ring. A basic agreement has been rea- the DBV on a restoration concept in ched with the Conservation Depart- which different individual features ment, represented by Doris Fischer, to could be co-ordinated and integrated, use darker rendering on the outer are-

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as, and lighter rendering on the nucle- us of the castle (work on this started in Die Autoren dieses Heftes 1992 with the Chapel Tower) to create Philip Cole, Junglinster/Lux. Ferdinand Lawen, uniformity in line with Dilich’s plans (English summaries) Dipl.-Ing. Detlev von Olk, Berlin of 1607/08. Of key importance here is Dr. Regine Dölling, Bingen Matthias Rasch, a continuing analysis of the existing Dr. Busso von der Dollen, Lahn- Benjamin Rudolph, Weimar concept on the basis of preliminary stein Alexander Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgen- studies by architectural historians, Dr. Petra Egloffstein, stein-Sayn, Sayn conservation experts, architects and Dr. Doris Fischer, Mainz Dr. Elisabeth Schwarze-Neuß, Hal- complementary disciplines such as Lorenz Frank M.A., Mainz le structural engineering or the natural Siegfried Hildebrand, Halle Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Tragbar, Augs- sciences in the form of back-up analy- Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hartmut Hof- burg und Frankfurt/Main ses of historical and new rendering richter, Kaiserslautern Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. phil. habil. Her- Dipl.-Ing. Sylwester Kabat, Her- Wirth materials. mann , Weimar zebrock-Clarholz Dr. Joachim Zeune, Eisenberg/Zell Lorenz Frank provides a detailed ex- planation of the genesis of the castle and the ways in which it has changed. On this basis he has produced buil- ding phase plans and formulated que- Wissen Sie was Sie umgibt? Nein!? stions for future surveys on the basis Erstellen von Inventarlisten, of evidence such as building materi- wissenschaftlichen Katalogen und Objektrecherche. als, put-log holes, dendrochronologi- Dr. Kunth: 089/30768165 cal sampling and a comparison of the findings with Dilich’s five tables. Fer- dinand Lawen, who has examined tra- ces of old rendering and colouring, has identified no fewer than eleven different phases which he has charted and has also developed a concept for preserving rendering by setting and permanently joining loose layers with the supporting masonry. Petra Egloffstein’s article is concerned mainly with an analysis of historical lime finish on the Rheinbau building 2 2 and with the current alternatives in Ca 40.000 m Grundst., ca 1.000 m Wfl. € 780.000,– incl. Inventar, Top-Zustand. terms of properties and colour. The Mögliche, höchst lukrative Kapitalanlage bei importance of shedding light on these Aufteilung nach WEG (z.B. in 5 Eigentumswoh- issues is abundantly obvious from the nungen à 200.000,– €). Dies geht auch bei allen incidental damage caused by inex- weiteren 20 Burgen u. Schlössern, die wir z.Zt. pertly carried out measures at nu- zu vermitteln haben. Bitte schauen Sie einmal bei merous conservation projects – not www.spezialimmobilien.de rein. least castles. Wir helfen Ihnen auch bei der Marktwertermittlung. Given that each of the articles is inten- Spezialimmobilien Heinz Tel. 02263-72244 Jagdschloss in Hessen € 780.000,– ded to stand on its own, there is some inevitable overlap. Since they were written from different perspectives this is not only acceptable but also Heinz Lauber evidence of an encouraging and ne- Maurermeister cessary shared approach towards ob- Gepr. Restaurator im Maurerhandwerk jectives and methods. Hartmut Hofrichter Fachbetrieb für Denkmalpflege®

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