Wölckern Castle

The construction of the manor house at Günthersbühler Straße 15 has not yet been clarified. Gustav Voit speculated that it originated in the 16th century. Friedrich August Nagel dated the construction of the manor house only to the years after 1600, when a farm and the Erlenstegen Mill were in the hands of Tobias Holl, an iron merchant who had immigrated from Styria. In 1611, a dwelling house belonging to the iron merchant was first documented. At that time, it was discovered that he had unlawfully set up an additional room without possessing the necessary fire rights. The fine of 100 guilders was reduced to 12 guilders after the room had been converted back into an unheated chamber.

In the early 18th century, the manor house was acquired by the Nuremberg city council consultant Dr. Carl Wilhelm Wölckern, who presumably had a hall floor added in 1725/26. In 1733, the building, which housed the Voit apartment on the ground floor, was significantly rebuilt. A stair tower was removed, and a mansard roof with half volute gables was created. At that time, an octagonal roof turret was also placed on the manor house.

The Wölckern family foundation was still the owner in the early 19th century; the mill, a farm, and a baker's property still belonged to the estate. The administration of the foundation was carried out by the Volckamer family after the death of the last family senior. In the years after the dissolution of the foundation, the manor house came into the possession of Helena Hilpert, wife of a spice merchant. She sold it in 1830 to the master wagon maker Andreas Wagner. In the early 20th century, Wölckern Castle was owned by the company that operated the Erlenstegen natural bath, the former castle pond. In 1938, it was sold by Naturgarten Erlenstegen, Luft- und Sonnenbad, Erholungsheim GmbH to the city of Nuremberg. The small oriel attached to the north facade of the massive manor house was demolished in 1910 at the Nuremberg Bürgerhaus Karolinenstraße 27 and later translocated here.