Arnholz Castle

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Arnholz Castle
Arnholz Castle in Pfons

Arnholz Castle in Pfons

Alternative name (s): Foolwood, Foolwood, Nornwood
Creation time : first mentioned in 1257
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: built-in remains
Standing position : Ministerials
Place: Pfons
Geographical location 47 ° 8 '2.4 "  N , 11 ° 27' 44"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '2.4 "  N , 11 ° 27' 44"  E
Arnholz Castle (Tyrol)
Arnholz Castle

The castle Arnholz , formerly fool wood , Narenholz or Nornholz called, are the built-up remains of a hilltop castle in the municipality Pfons (Schöfens 20) in District Innsbruck-Land of Tyrol .

history

Arnholt was first mentioned in a document in 1257 as a branch of the Tyrolean ministerial , the Lords of Matrei ( domo eorum Narrenholz ). In 1271 Otto II von Matrei, son of Otto I, called himself "von Nardenholze" for the first time. At the beginning of the 14th century, Petrise de Narrenholtz, wife of Johann von Schrofenstein , is mentioned several times . In the 14th and 15th centuries the manor was owned by the Freundsberger and Burkhard Streun ( Strein ) (before 1450). After his death, the fallen fiefdom was given to Parcivallen von Annenberg by special grace. In 1497 Arnholz was the seat of Wolfgang Stewesen and Wolfgang Schlandersberg. In 1527 a son of Sixt von Trautson follows . Among the lords of the castle in the 16th century were Leonhard von Spaur in place of his wife Maria Strewin (1530), Georg Fieger (1534) and Eustach von Neydegg. In 1561, Innsbruck armor maker Michel Witz bought the residence from his brother-in-law Kumpf, customs officer at Lueg am Brenner . In 1585 Caspar and Balthasar Pockh followed as owners, who were ennobled in 1588 with the title “von Arnholz”. In 1597 Narrenholz was renamed Arnholz at the request of the owner. The residence stayed with this family for almost 170 years. It was only after Karl Anton Pockh died in 1747 without heirs that he was given to Franz Josef von Debern in 1756. In 1867 the fiefdom was replaced. In 1885 the residence went to Mr. Buchgschwendtner in Matrei, in that year a guesthouse was set up in the castle. The property then went to Franz Kraft in Innsbruck in 1888 and to Captain Huogo Scheffel from Dresden in 1914.

Arnholz Castle today

Originally there was only a rectangular tower or a " permanent house ", which is now built into the eastern part of the building. This old core has walls 1.9 m thick. Before 1600, the part of the house on the valley side was added. Further additions and alterations around 1600 led to today's corridor that runs through the house and a cellar carved out of the rock. In 1895 the so-called music room was built above it. The tower built between the music room and the old building dates from 1928. After that, the whole building was raised by one floor. The bevel at the southwest corner indicates that an annex that was later demolished was probably located here.

Below the residence is the three-storey bastion tower ( Debernturm ) from the 16th century, which has a diameter of 7 m. It is approx. 12 m high and covered with a tin conical roof. The tower is accessible on the east side through a round arched gate. Three semicircular bay windows protrude from the building on the upper floor. Loopholes and small windows were bricked up during later renovations. The frames are decorated with corner and ball motifs. No military significance is ascribed to the tower, but was a decorative gimmick from the time of the Pockhs. A bar was housed here in 1943/44.

The billeting of Italian soldiers shortly after the end of the First World War caused considerable damage. These were remedied in 1928 by the then owner Mitta Berghaus, who again carried out major renovations. In 1958 Arnholz came to Baroness Magda an der Lan. In 1961 Robert Schärff bought the property, had it restored and refurbished with furniture, some of which came from Itter Castle . Extensive restoration work was carried out between 1956 and 1964. The extensive inventory from Itter Castle was sold in 1979. The property is now owned by Ulrike Larcher (formerly Katzlberger).

Pfons coat of arms

The cock in the coat of arms of Pfons is the heraldic animal of the first owner of the castle fool or norn wood; the hammer he is holding indicates that the so-called "Matreier Serpentin ", which was used in many church buildings, was mined in the Pfons area .

literature

  • Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria . Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991, ISBN 3-85214-559-7 .
  • Oswald Trapp , Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (employee): Tiroler Burgenbuch. III. Band - Wipptal . Athesia Publishing House, Bolzano 1974.
  • Johann Jakob Staffler : Tyrol and Vorarlberg: in 2 parts. Felician Rauch, Innsbruck 1839.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Jakob Staffler , 1839, p. 958.
  2. ^ Pfons (Land Tirol) on Tirol Atlas

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