Birkach residence
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| Alternative name (s): | Birch residence | |
| Creation time : | around 1579 | |
| Place: | Koblach | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 19 '46.7 " N , 9 ° 37' 13" E | |
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The residence Birkach or Birken is located in the district of Birken, in the eastern part of Koblach (Vorarlberg) on the southern slope of the Kummenberg.
history
At this point stood a fortification from the 13th century on which Rudolf II. Wild-Beheim, mentioned in a document between 1262 and 1294, sat. He was a servant of St. Gallen and the founder of a side line of the knights Tumb von Neuburg, who were the landlords of the country house at that time.
The current building, then known as the “bricked pleasure house”, was built around 1579 and before 1616 by the Pappus von Tratzberg family, who at that time provided several mayors of Feldkirch. In 1616 it was owned by Captain Leonhard Pappus. Before 1685 the residence passed to the Feldkirch mayor Johann Grenzing. This patrician family was related by marriage to the Pappus. Before 1715, Franz Josef Zürcher inherited the property and towards the end of the 18th century the residence passed into bourgeois hands. The castle has been owned by the Egle family since 1834.
architecture
The seat is a simple two-storey Renaissance seat with an almost square floor plan and a gable roof. A modern extension took place on the west side. The facades show upright rectangular windows that are partly divided by stone or wooden central posts. The high, southern gable front is asymmetrical on the ground floor due to two coupled three-part row windows with a richly profiled central pillar from the 17th century and a single window. Above the arched portal is a coat of arms stone of the Pappus von Tratzberg family from the beginning of the 17th century. The year 1579, painted under the eaves, could indicate that it was built. Inside are barrel-vaulted cellars with chamfered round arch portals under the south front. Due to the steeply sloping terrain, they are on the south side at ground floor level. On the two floors there are simple ceilings from the 17th century, and one room is paneled. In the attic a room has remains of ornamental wall paintings from the 17th century.
literature
- Alois Niederstätter, History of Vorarlberg, Vorarlberg 1523 to 1861. On the Way to the Land, Volume 2, restricted preview
Web links
- Entry via Birkach to Burgen-Austria