Buildings in Wolfsegg am Hausruck

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Market town coat of arms

The market town of Wolfsegg am Hausruck is located in the Hausruckviertel (Upper Austria) in the Vöcklabruck district.

Wolfsegg can point to numerous buildings and other sights, most of which have to do with historical events and in addition to buildings, churches, chapels, monuments and sculptures, birth houses and houses of special importance as well as the home parlor and the peace museum. The objects placed under monument protection by ordinance or notification are also summarized and briefly described in the list of listed objects in Wolfsegg am Hausruck .

Buildings, architecture

Wolfsegg Castle

Wolfsegg Castle is a complex built on a hill in the 17th century. The castle consists of a three-story main building and a back wing, which are connected by two-story active wings. The farm building, north of the castle, is in the shape of a horseshoe.

Barbaraquelle

The Barbarabrunnen was built when the local square in Kohlgrube was redesigned. The high sulfur water probably comes from the former mine tunnels.

  • Barbaraquelle

Peasants War Memorial

To commemorate the last battle of the 2nd Peasant War on November 20, 1626, the local farmers erected this granite memorial on the ridge of the Schanze in 1989 . Around 2000 farmers were destroyed by the equestrian general Pappenheim . Their leader Berndl was stabbed to death, several hundred farmers were killed and the market was plundered. On clear days, you can enjoy the magnificent view of the Alpine foothills with the impressive 300 kilometer panorama from the Großer Ötscher in the Styrian-Lower Austrian Limestone Alps to the Untersberg in the Salzburg Limestone Alps.

Miners' showroom

The miner's showroom is located in the Kohlgrube; numerous objects are stored in it in order to maintain the tradition.

Miner's cross

The new miner's cross was inaugurated on September 14, 1958. At the initiative of Pastor Schneebauer, an iron cross was erected in place of the old, dilapidated wooden cross in memory of those miners who were sacrificed during the two centuries in which coal was mined in Wolfsegg of their occupation died in or outside the pit. The design comes from the WTK's fitter at the time, Heinrich Brunner from Kohlgrube, who also carried out the production.

Falderkreuz

Gaferlkreuz

Mine locomotive

  • Mine locomotive (view from the left)

  • Mine locomotive (view from the right)

Mine locomotive with tunnel

Lignite has been mined in Wolfsegg and Ampflwang since 1757. Up to 1967 coal was mined by Wolfsegg-Traunthaler Kohlenwerk AG in the market town of Wolfsegg am Hausruck. The last coal hunt was funded in 1995 in Schmitzberg, Ampflwang municipality. The coal mining tradition is maintained in the market town of Wolfsegg by the miners' association. The Barbara show tunnel at the sports field, built in 1996, is intended to commemorate this important time.

Home parlor

Hunter image

The hunter's picture was erected in memory of the chief forester Anton Lintner and is adorned with hunting and religious motifs. It can be reached via the Höhenweg from Wolfsegg Castle towards Geboltskirchen. In memory of Mr. Anton Lintner. Head forester, died on June 23, 1863 Tired wanderer, who you rest here, remember him with love and pray for him. Lord be gracious and merciful to his poor soul, for he created the cross for your edification, the bench for your rest and what is far more, he truly is a man of honor, a pious Christian.

  • Hunter image.

  • Hunter picture (front view)

  • Hunter picture (view from the left)

  • Hunter picture (right view)

  • Hunter image (rear view)

Knock house

The knock was set up by the miners and, according to an old custom, knocked at the entrance to the pit in the morning. Before that, a prayer to St. Barbara is said to have been said. The former knock in Kohlgrube was served by Mr. Wewerka, who was called Strecko (cousin) by his comrades . On the replica knock next to the miner's cross, the deceased miners are still knocked on their last trip to the mine.

Coal hunt

  • Coal hunt

War memorial

Marienbild - To good advice

The picture of the “mother of good advice” can be reached via the Höhenweg from Wolfsegg Castle towards Geboltskirchen. Mother of good advice in all dangers and accidents, in all work and undertakings, in all cross and suffering, in all afflictions, in all doubts and confusions, in search of salvation, in all weaknesses and illnesses, in all temptations and stalemates , In the hour of death ... give us good advice.

Marian column

The Marian column stands on a small green space on the market square between Obelsthamerstraße and the road towards Kohlgrube. The castle owner Mathias Ferdinand Castner had it built in 1702 in honor of the painful Mother of God to avert the Bavarian danger of war. The statue is made of stone, the sandstone base was replaced by a granite base in the course of road construction in the 1960s.

Plate Lorenz Column

In 1873 the Platte-Lorenz-Column was created as the first monument connected with mining. Karl Platte was the first mountain administrator under the County of St. Julien, and Wenzel Lorenz was his son-in-law. After their death and before that under Josef Werndl, who acquired the business in 1872 and owned it until 1889, this monument was erected to commemorate them. The broken pillar is supposed to symbolize the loss of these two professionals as a support for the mining operation.

  • Platte Lorenz column (front view)

  • Platte Lorenz column (view from the left)

  • Platte Lorenz column (view from the right)

  • Platte Lorenz Column (rear view)

French cross

Lorenz Stollen

  • Lorenz Stollen

Churches, chapels

Parish church Wolfsegg am Hausruck

Tailors Chapel

Museums

Peace Museum

In 1993 the 1st Austrian Peace Museum was founded in Wolfsegg am Hausruck by the former secondary school teacher consultant Franz Deutsch.

Web links

  • Sights on the website of the community Wolfsegg am Hausruck

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria. Upper Austria. 5th edition. Publisher Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1971.
  2. ^ Peace Museum - Wolfsegg Culture House