Schlandersburg

The Schlandersburg

The Schlandersburg is a residence in the market town of Schlanders in Vinschgau in South Tyrol . It is located on the corner of Schlandersburgstrasse and Rechtsstrasse.

description

Even if the name and the appearance suggest something different, it is not a castle, but a residence. It owes its present appearance to Count Hendl when it was completed in 1609/1610, as indicated by the dates on the masonry. It is a Renaissance building with a two-storey loggia or arcade courtyard. The south side is closed by a transverse building through which a marble-framed Renaissance portal leads. There are two square towers with tent roofs . The eastern longitudinal building is equipped with stepped pinnacle gables. A marble-framed arched gate leads to the garden.

Around 1600 the Counts Hendl commissioned Italian builders with the extensive expansion of the originally existing rectangular, tower-like predecessor building. This is now integrated into the west wing, it has regular stone setting and painted masonry. The Churburg , Dornsberg Castle and Goldrain Castle were probably the models for the renovation . The high demands of the builders are still illustrated today by the grisaille paintings and several chimneys decorated with sgraffito patterns based on models in Ambras Castle and Goldrain Castle . A baroque sundial is attached to the outer wall of the southern transverse building . The same building is dominated by a chimney with sgraffito decoration from the Renaissance period. The inner courtyard and the hall in the east wing are paved with river pebbles . On the upper floor of the east wing is the so-called “judges' room” from the 19th century, the walls of which are decorated with wallpaper paintings by Leopold Strickner . This processed mezzotint and copperplate engravings by Antoine Watteau . Also of note are the marble busts of Emperor Leopold I and Emperor Joseph I , made by Gregor Schwenzengast .

By 1800 the ensemble from the stately tract, stable and consisted barn , basement and paddock and a walled Anger with fish pond.

patio

At the end of the 18th century, Schlandersburg passed from Count Hendl to Count Trapp . After they had sold the building on, the kk district court, some other public institutions, but also farming families moved in. In the mid-1980s, the private owner sold the Schlandersburg to the community of Schlanders, which in 1988 sold it to the State of South Tyrol. In 1993, extensive renovation work began in the east wing. Then the other wings were also restored, with a modern extension being added to the west building. The central library has been located there since 1996. In the other wings, the forest inspectorate, the agricultural inspectorate, the career counseling, the kindergarten administration Vinschgau and the district employment office are housed.

Web links

Commons : Schlandersburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

literature

• Market community and education committee Schlanders (Hrsg.): Baukultur in the community Schlanders . Verlag Passeier 2011, ISBN 978-88-89474-20-4

Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 48.5 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 25.1 ″  E