Barbarahof residence

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Barbaraspital in Tamsweg

The Barbarahof residence (also called Barbaraspital because of its later use ) is located in the municipality of Tamsweg in the Lungau of the State of Salzburg (Kirchengasse 2). The Lungau Local History Museum has been housed in the building since 1965 .

history

The building is first mentioned in 1485. After that it burned down twice (1485 and 1495). The chapel, which was added in 1494, was consecrated to the Holy Spirit . The house was used as a hospital for the Lungau trades . In the 16th century, the Barbaraspital served as a poor house, which was financed by foundations, donations and donations. Until 1962 it was used as a retirement home for the Tamsweg community.

In 1742 a large part of the Tamsweg market burned down, and with it the Barbaraspital. Soon afterwards the reconstruction of the chapel began; this was inaugurated in 1759 by Archbishop Sigismund Graf Schrattenbach . However, the reconstruction of the hospital had exhausted the hospital's own capital and many properties had to be sold, so that the citizen's hospital was close to being closed at the end of the 18th century. In 1803 the last two residents were given food by a landlord. The hospital then served as barracks until 1806, but from 1818 again as a "supply house for poor and needy people from the citizenship of the market".

Barbaraspital with chapel

Barbarahof today

The Barbarahof is a one-story building with a built-in chapel. The house is covered with a hipped roof and has a red corner cuboid; The windows and entrance portal are also kept in this color. After the fire of 1742, only the late Gothic figure of St. Barbara remained from the old chapel .

In the building, which is now used as a local history museum, rural furniture and equipment, weapons and excavations from Roman times are exhibited. Watercolors by the painter Anton von Kenner can be seen on the first floor . The house chapel also houses the six-meter tall giant figure Samson with his two dwarfs. In 1998 an additional exhibition pavilion was built for special exhibitions. The building is owned by the municipality of Tamsweg.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the Lungau local history museum

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Coordinates: 47 ° 7 ′ 35.2 ″  N , 13 ° 48 ′ 37.1 ″  E