Isenburg Castle is one of the most important Renaissance buildings north of the Alps. This volume presents the Renaissance castle in a completely new light: the results of research on site and thorough source studies - above all in the Isenburg archives of Birstein and Büdingen as well as in the Offenbach city archives - provide a new basis for our knowledge of the building process and its background.
No authoritative publication on Renaissance architecture in Germany can ignore Isenburg Castle as one of the most important buildings of this period on this side of the Alps.
However, until now there has been no comprehensive publication on the building, whose significance is considered by some art historians to be even greater than that of the Ottheinrich Building at Heidelberg Castle.
The book offers a historical overview of the building's history and a richly illustrated description of its artistic execution. The reader is informed about the use of the building from its beginnings to the present day. They are introduced to the political events associated with Isenburg Castle and get to know extraordinary personalities who directly influenced the lives and actions of the people of Offenbach in their time. Tabular overviews and an index facilitate a quick and comprehensive overview, technical terms are explained in the glossary.
-Comprehensively illustrated account of one of the most important Renaissance palaces in Germany
- Latest findings on the history of the building and artistic decoration