Castle Clam
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| Alternative name (s): | Klam Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Free nobles | |
| Place: | Klam | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 13 '15 " N , 14 ° 46' 42" E | |
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The Clam Castle is a residence of the Clam-Martinic family and is located in the municipality of Markt Klam in the Perg district in the Lower Mühlviertel in Upper Austria . The Felsenborg stands on a wooded ridge above the market Klam, the steeply at one side to Klamschlucht drops.
history
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Clam Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1142 . At that time it was owned by Walchun , Otto von Machland's brother . A supposedly older name of the Clam Castle can be found in a document from the Gleink Monastery , which is dated to 1125 . But this document is most likely a forgery from the 13th century. With Walchun's heir, Adelheid, the castle passed into the possession of the Velburgers and, with the death of Ulrich von Clam-Velburg, fell to the sovereign in the Damiette crusade . At that time, a second castle was also mentioned in Klam, of which the remains of the fortifications on the opposite ridge, the so-called Schwedenschanze , could testify.
From 1234 to 1324 the Holzer and from 1250 to 1413 the Hauser appear as the fiefs of Clam. According to Wilhelm dem Hauser, Christian and Christoph von Zinzendorf were probably the owners. From 1416 on, Gilg, Ortaker, Gilg and Wolfgang Wolfstein first owned the castle, after Wolfgang's death it passed to Jörg Seusenecker and then to Prüschenk or, from 1454, the Counts of Hardegg .
In 1524 Christoph Perger bought “Castle and Veste Clam including the tower” from Count Hardegg. Christoph Perger I was followed by Christoph Perger II, his son Hanns Enoch Perger and Johann Gottfried Perger.
Johann Gottfried Perger
Johann Gottfried Perger zu Clam (1598–1673) was considered the greatest sponsor of the Klam market and its citizens. From 1640 onwards, he had the castle extensively renovated, which is why he is still known today as a “family restorer”. His wife, Countess Sibylle von Kagenek, was also not inactive : She gave birth to 12 children and had enormous fortunes from the Kagenek family. Johann Gottfried Perger left the market, the old liberties confirm in 1641 the church in Hofkirchen renovate and in 1659 the church of the village built. He donated the hospital and the herb makers . 1640 was him by Emperor Ferdinand III. the title "Noble Lord to Clam" bestowed, and in 1655 he was raised to the rank of baron . In the same year Johann Gottfried Perger converted to the Catholic faith. Since 1665, the Außenstein Castle has also belonged to the Clam Castle.
Clam Martinic
In 1759, Empress Maria Theresa gave the family the title of “Herbland-Austrian Count”. The Clam family was divided into the Clam-Clam, Clam-Gallas and Clam-Martinic lines . After the Clam-Clam family died out in 1815, the Clam-Martinic family, which owned important estates in Bohemia, took over the old family property. Clam Castle is inhabited by the count's family all year round. The current lord of the castle is Carl Philip Clam-Martinic. The most important representatives of the family were Heinrich Clam-Martinic , Austrian Prime Minister and military, Heinrich Jaroslav Graf Clam-Martinic , Bohemian politician, Georg Clam Martinic , Austrian engineer, farmer, author and preservationist .
The castle complex
The castle complex is a year-round castle inhabited by the owners . The Clam Castle was fundamentally rebuilt in the 14th century by the Hauser family, so that nothing can be seen of the original fortifications from the 12th century . The oldest part of Clam Castle that is still visible today is the higher round tower built in the 13th century .
By a Vorburg large, irregular yard of the administrative buildings, garages and the Palas is formed, it passes through a wrought iron gate in the stone with a balustrade limited courtyard that of arcades is surrounded. The rock on which the castle was built extends to the first floor. Sgraffitis can be seen on the wall of the hall from the courtyard . The ensemble is completed by a donjon with a conical roof , which is located a little away from the castle .
The castle has been in the same family for around half a millennium and has never been destroyed. That is the reason why many furnishings and a large number of historical gems have been preserved.
In the castle there is one dedicated to St. Chapel consecrated to the cross and a further chapel from the 14th century, rediscovered in 1934 on the fourth floor of the palace.
The ancestral hall of the castle contains pictures of the family, various furnishings, a Gothic house altar and the like. a. m. From the balcony of the ancestral hall directly above the steep drop to the Klamschlucht , a view of the Burgstall opposite opens up . In addition to the living quarters of the family u. a. a castle pharmacy , an armory , an extensive archive and a library built in the 17th century .
Castle Museum Clam
The castle's accessible sights include the three-storey arcade courtyard, the armory with armaments to defend the castle, the Gothic castle chapel built in 1422, the castle pharmacy with a medicine box from 1603 and the living quarters of the Counts of Clam, including the breakfast room with a porcelain collection and several sumptuously furnished guest rooms, the manorial kitchen, a music room and a large, set banquet table in the landscape room.
Todays use
Next to the actual castle complex there is an associated castle brewery (closed) and a Meierhof . The riding arena and riding arena of the castle are operated by the Burg Clam riding club. Since 1990, the clam concerts with internationally known musicians have been held annually in the brewery garden and on the Meierhofwiese .
In 1923 Heinrich Graf Clam-Martinic had an electricity station built in the Klamschlucht . The residents of the communities of Klam , Saxen , Baumgartenberg and Mitterkirchen in Machland were supplied with electricity . Georg Clam-Martinic had another power station built in 1963, whereby the hammer forge was demolished and the Bergmayr mill and the sawmill ceased operations.
literature
- Georg Clam Martinic : Castles & Palaces in Austria. ISBN 3-85001-679-1 .
- Josef Lettner: 600 years market, 200 years parish Klam, Small home book of the market community Klam 1984. Market community Klam (publisher), Freistadt 1984.
Web links
- Official homepage of Burg Clam
- Events at Burg Clam
- Entry via clam on Burgen-Austria
- Photo gallery Burg Clam
- Burg Clam ... where history lives Video from StrudengauTV on youtube, published on July 5, 2012.
- Entry on Burg Clam in the Austria forum
- Bibliography on Burg Clam in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Klaus Birngruber: From Machland to Lower Austria (and back again). The knights from house to clam in the late Middle Ages . In: Messages from the Lower Austrian Provincial Archives . tape 15 . St. Pölten 2012, p. 116-138 .
- ^ Franz Kurz: Contributions to the history of the country above the Enns. tape 3 . Linz 1808, p. 303 ( google.at ).
- ^ Franz Xaver Pritz : History of the abandoned Cistercian monastery Baumgartenberg in the country above the Enns . In: Imperial Academy of Sciences (Ed.): Archive for customer of Austrian historical sources . tape 12 . Vienna 1854, p. 58 ( landesbibliothek.at ).
- ^ Alois Zauner : The documents of the Benedictine monastery Gleink up to the year 1300 . In: Communications from the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives . tape 9 . Linz 1968, p. 22–162, here p. 118 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
- ↑ Gleink documents (1088-1762). 1125 (with mention of a Wigant de chlamme ) in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
- ↑ "Item duo castra Chlamme. Item duo Castra Plasenstein “in the Passau Traditionscodex, 13th century. In: Alfred Höllhuber : " ... duo castra Plasenstein ... "- The two castles bladder stone (a contribution to determining their location - with a report). In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 124, Linz 1979, p. 69 (entire article p. 67-104, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
- ↑ Philipp Blittersdorf: What an old Upper Austrian family chronicle tells . In: Adalbert Depiny (Ed.): Heimatgaue . tape 18 , issue 3 and 4. R. Pirngruber, Linz 1937, p. 155–159, here 158 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).