Büchsenhausen Castle

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Büchsenhausen Castle is a residence in the Innsbruck district of Hötting on the way from St. Nikolaus to Weiherburg . The plant, which was originally owned by the foundry family Löffler, dates back to the 16th century and is now a listed building .

history

Büchsenhausen around 1840

In 1503 Peter Löffler took over a foundry at Gänsbichl in Hötting, where he cast bells, "cans" (cannons) and the first statue for the tomb of Emperor Maximilian in the Innsbruck court church . In 1522 his son Gregor took over the foundry and in 1539 had the builder Gregor Türing build a residence next to it . In 1605 Archduke Maximilian III bought the foundry and the manor house and leased both to the gun founder Heinrich Reinhart , who u. a. cast the figures of his tomb in today's Innsbruck Cathedral and the bronze statues for the Leopoldsbrunnen . While Reinhart was still alive, the foundry , which was in operation until 1854, and the mansion were separated in terms of ownership.

Büchsenhausen Castle changed hands several times, in 1641 it was acquired by Wilhelm Biener , who had a new part of the building and a connecting wing built in the east. He had the old residential building lavishly furnished for representative purposes; it contained a large library, a valuable collection of paintings, a comprehensive collection of maps and geographic engravings, and a collection of musical instruments. Biener also founded a beer brewery, for which he had a brewery, a malt drying room and a large vaulted cellar built.

From 1686 to 1833 the residence was owned by the Knights of Lama. According to plans by Johann Martin Gumpp the Elder, it was expanded and redesigned in Baroque style, in 1688 a new portal to the small courtyard between the west and east wing was built, and the clock tower was built around 1700. In 1698 the Bishop of Brixen Johann Franz Khuen von Belasi consecrated the new chapel in the eastern part.

Büchsenhausen swimming pool around 1900

After the de Lama family died out in 1833, the residence came into the possession of Johann Nepomuk Mahl-Schedl , who had it partially rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style. He set up a “coffee bar” and in 1852 opened the first swimming and bathing establishment in Tyrol in Büchsenhausen. For this purpose, a carp pond created in the 18th century was adapted. The outdoor pool was in operation until 1963. Under Mahl-Schedl, the castle became the weekly meeting point for a group of young people who were passionate about literature and called themselves the “Nibelungs”. In 1865 he sold Büchsenhausen to Robert Nißl and emigrated with a group of Innsbruckers to Pozuzo in Peru.

From 1887 to 1889, the palace was extensively renovated according to plans by Max Haas and an outside staircase with loggias was built. In 1913 two more buildings were added to the east. Around 1990 the castle was discussed as the seat for the Alpine Club Museum or a House of the Alps.

In 1993 the Büchsenhausen artists' house of the Tyrolean artists was set up in the eastern annexes , which serves as a presentation and work space with studios for sculptors and painters.

description

portal

The complex consists of two main buildings and several auxiliary buildings. The core of the western wing, which has been rebuilt several times, is the building erected by Gregor Türing in 1539 in the typical form of a contemporary Tyrolean residence. The west and east wings are connected by a narrow connecting building, in front of which a small courtyard remains free. On the street side this is limited by a wall with battlements. The entrance to the courtyard from outside is the portal created in 1688, which is decorated with two baroque vases, a sandstone statue of St. Johannes Nepomuk and the coat of arms of the de Lama family.

In the corner of the inner courtyard facing the east wing, the clock tower with onion helmet and lantern, built around 1700, rises. On the street-side facade of the west wing there are oriels, which are continued as octagonal turrets and covered with hoods. The east wing is connected on the east side with two buildings built in 1913 on the eaves side.

The palace chapel in the eastern part, consecrated in 1698, houses numerous relics , vestments and works of art, including pictures by Philipp Haller and Kaspar Waldmann . The altarpiece by Martin Knoller shows St. Nepomuk kneeling before the Holy Family and the young John the Baptist . The stucco was created by Anton Gigl .

literature

Web links

Commons : Schloss Büchsenhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cessation of bathing operations in Büchsenhausen. In: Official Journal of the State Capital Innsbruck, No. 9, September 1963, p. 6 ( digitized version )
  2. ↑ Büchsenhausen Castle as a new museum center. In: Innsbrucker Stadtnachrichten, No. 7/1990, p. 9 ( digitized version )
  3. ^ Revitalized Büchsenhausen Castle Workplace for painters and sculptors. In: Stadtnachrichten, No. 4, April 1993, p. 15 ( digitized version )

Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 35 "  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 37.2"  E