Anchenstein Castle
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| Alternative name (s): | Degree Borl ( Slovenian )
Bornyl vár ( Hungarian ) Anchenstein Castle Ankenstein Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | renovated castle | |
| Place: | Circulans | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 22 '29 " N , 16 ° 0' 11" E | |
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The castle Anchenstein ( Slovenian : degree Borl , Hungarian : bornyl vár ), the conservation status of a renovated palace , located in the municipality Cirkulane in Slovenia . Today it is also known as Schloss Ankenstein near Pettau .
etymology
The term Anke or Anken in the name “Anchenstein” or “Ankenstein” is an outdated synonym for butter and as this is widely used in naming mountains and hills .
On the other hand, “Anchenstein” or “Ankenstein” could stand for “ anchor ”, which in turn could have something to do with crossing the river. Legend has it that there is a tunnel connection between Anchenstein Castle and Meretinzen Castle ( Slovene : Grad Muretinci ), which runs under the river Drava , but it has not yet been found. The castle has many other legends, one of which has to do with Parzival and the search for the Holy Grail .
The Hungarian name Bornyl means something like "river crossing".
location
The castle stands north of Cirkulane and east of Pettau on a rock above the Drautal.
history
Anchenstein Castle, which stands on a 60-meter-high cliff above the Drau River, is the largest and most striking feudal building in the Slovenian region of Haloze . Anchenstein Castle and the community of Cirkulane bear the coat of arms of the Herberstein family .
It was built at the beginning of the second millennium on the Styrian-Hungarian border next to an important river crossing. The castle is first mentioned in written sources in 1255, when the Hungarian King Béla IV. Friedrich von Pettau issued a feudal letter for the Anchenstein Castle and two other castles. In 1337, in the Peace of Pressburg, it was exchanged for Schwarzenbach Castle in the market town of Schwarzenbach in Lower Austria . Anchenstein came from Austria to Hungary and Schwarzenbach from Hungary to Austria.
In 1938, Hans P. Schad'n wrote that, according to an old Schwarzenbach legend, Anchenstein Castle stood on the summit of Schwarzenbach Castle Hill .
The castle constantly changed hands, including the Lords of Pettau , the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus (who devastated it during the conquest), the Counts of Herberstein, the Thurns, Sauer and others.
Anchenstein is the building with the thickest castle wall in this part of Europe. The tower that forms the base of the castle has a stone wall twelve meters thick. The inner arcade courtyard , in which there is a baroque cistern carved into the rock, is particularly interesting . The palace chapel of the Holy Trinity (renovated today) and the knight's hall were added in the 17th century. From the 13th century to 1850, the district court had its seat in this castle. During the Second World War , a large part of the furnishings disappeared from the castle; a German camp was housed in the castle. After the war, Anchenstein was a vacation spot, but it was abandoned after the old wooden bridge over the Drau collapsed. Today it is owned by the Republic of Slovenia . Weddings, various events and wine tastings take place at the castle.
Web links
- Homepage of Anchenstein Castle (Slovenian)
- Geopedia.si orthophoto
Individual evidence
- ^ Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm : Anke. In: German dictionary. Retrieved on August 20, 2014 (accessible from woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ Matthias Lexer : refuel. In: Middle High German Concise Dictionary. Retrieved on August 20, 2014 (accessible from woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ Branko Vnuk: Grad Borl gradbenozgodovinski oris in prispevek k zgodovini rodbine Sauer (PDF), Ed .: Društvo za oživitev gradu Borl, 2010, p. 10 (Slovenian). Retrieved August 20, 2014
- ^ Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens through a comprehensive description of all castles, palaces, lordships, cities, markets, villages ...; Volume 6, Part 2. 1835, accessed August 20, 2014 (on Googlebooks).
- ↑ Marktgemeinde Schwarzenbach - Sights, accessed on February 18, 2010