Alt-Teuffenbach Castle
| Alt-Teufenbach | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Teuffenbach Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1150 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Well | |
| Place: | Teufenbach-Katsch | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 7 '48.5 " N , 14 ° 21' 56.2" E | |
| Height: | 825 m above sea level A. | |
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The Alt-Teufenbach Castle is located above the Teufenbach part of the Teufenbach-Katsch community in the Murau district in Styria . The hilltop castle , rebuilt at the end of the 19th century, is one of the oldest inhabited castles in Styria. It is not a listed building.
history
The Archbishop of Salzburg received lands around Tiufinbach as a gift from the German Emperor in the 9th century . The Lords of Teuffenbach are mentioned for the first time with Dietmar in 1074 and belong to the most important noble families of the Mur valley. The Teuffenbachers were ministerials of the Carinthian and Styrian dukes. Probably at the beginning or in the middle of the 12th century they built the castle as their own. In 1358 the castle was first referred to as "Alt-Teufenbach". King Friedrich III. awarded the competent regional court in 1440 to Tristram von Teuffenbach. Georg von Teuffenbach was on the side of Matthias Corvinus , therefore temporarily lost his ancestral castle, but got it back in 1489.
Due to the numerous descendants of the Teuffenbach family, it happened again and again that other families also owned minority shares in the castle. In 1613 Rudolf von Teuffenbach succeeded in paying this off. His son Hans Friedrich von Teuffenbach fought as a Protestant in a leading position against the emperor, was accused of high treason and his Styrian property was declared forfeit. In 1629 he had to emigrate and previously sold the property to his cousin Jakob von Teuffenbach. Alt-Teufenbach was given to Gregor Sidenitsch as a gift in 1642. After the Peace of Westphalia , the castle and rule were returned to the daughter of the late Hans Friedrich, Countess Anna Sidonia von Löwenstein. In 1649 she handed over the rule to her cousin Hans Carl von Teuffenbach, after his death in 1671 it fell to Georg Christian von Saurau . His widow sold it in 1689 to Prince Ferdinand von Schwarzenberg , who transferred the administration of the estate to Murau. As a result, the castle fell into disrepair and was in ruins in 1815. In 1890 the writer Auguste Groner acquired the castle ruins, renovated parts of them and made them habitable again. Then the barons of Teuffenbach were able to buy the castle from her. It has now been restored and is still owned by this ancient Styrian family.
architecture
The castle is located above the village of the same name, on the slope of a ridge that descends steeply to the Murtal. Strategically, its location was well chosen, as one could control the access to the Neumarkter Sattel from it and block the road passing below. There were line of sight to various other fortifications, which was used in 1596 to set up a chalk fire station. The small-scale castle consisted of a three-story tower-like house, which was connected to a lower gate by a defensive wall. This bordered a narrow courtyard in the south. Today's complex includes the residential building built by Auguste Groner towards the end of the 19th century, with its main front facing southwest, as well as the remains of a round tower from the 15th century. This stands on the southwest corner of the surrounding wall.
literature
- Robert Baravalle: Palaces and castles of Styria . Unchanged reprint of the edition published in 1961. Leykam Buchverlagsgesellschaft, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-7011-7323-0 , pp. 517-518.
- Herwig Ebner: Castles and palaces in the Ennstal and Murboden , 1963
- Herfried Marek, Ewald Neffe: Castles and palaces in Styria . Marek and Neffe publishing house, Wörschach 2004, ISBN 3-9501573-1-X , pp. 94-95.
- Dehio Styria 1982
- Georg Clam Martinic: Castles and Palaces in Austria , Verlag A and M, St. Pölten - Vienna - Linz 1991 Webbook on austria-forum.org
- Gerhard Stenzel: From Castle to Castle in Austria , 1973
Web links
- Entry via Teufenbach - Alt-Teufenbach on Burgen-Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in Burgen-Austria.com
- ↑ page 299 - in castles and palaces in Austria. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .